English Explanatory Dictionary

marrowsky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Spoonerism.

Word forms

marrowsky marrowskies

Etymology

First attested in 1859 and most likely derived from Polish Morawski. Generally thought to be named after a Polish nobleman active in London a couple of decades before the word's first attestation who suffered from accidental sound transpositions (possibly Józef Boruwłaski).

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