misprint
/ˈmɪspɹɪnt/ noun, verb
Forms misprints misprinting misprinted
- noun An accidental mistake in print. “There is a misprint in the first print run: On page 42 where the character yells, "You're going to catch a cod if you spend all night fishing", the dialogue was meant to say, "You're going to catch a cold if you spend all night fishing."”
- verb To make a misprint. “I misprinted his name on the invitation. He's called James, not Jambes.”
Synonyms
typo lapsus calami lapsus plumæ erratum typographical error literal error literal
Etymology
From mis- + print.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “misprint”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details