Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Misconstruction of innocuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misconstruction, uncommon
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or relating to an inoculum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
The catachrestic sense is by near-soundalike misconstruction. The noncatachrestic sense is, by surface analysis, inocul(um) + -ous.
