lapsus linguae
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lapsus linguae
Latin
Example Sentences
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Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."
From Time Magazine Archive
"The devil they do, ma'am!" bolted out Richard, gruffly; and then, ashamed of his /lapsus linguae/, screwed up his lips firmly, and glared on the company with an eye of indignant fire.
From My Novel — Volume 05 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
"A lapsus linguae?" one guest cries, "A pun!" another straight replies.
From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey
"Where is he going?" was Warren's lapsus linguae, at this bit of news.
From The Voice on the Wire by Ball, Eustace Hale
Miss Sallianna wound up by saying, that it would be an affair of rare and opprobrious interest; and, as a comedy, would be positively deleterious, which was probably a lapsus linguae for "delicious."
From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by Cooke, John Esten
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