English → Latin
“misconstruction” in Latin
malusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mprāvuscrooked, deformed; depraved, perverse, wicked; vicious, wrong, bad, improper
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
misconstruction
mala, prava, or iniqua interpretatio; sinistra interpretatio (Tac., Agr., 5).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for misconstruction?
- The usual Latin words for “misconstruction” are malus, prāvus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.