mislineation

noun

mislineation

noun

Etymology From mis- + lineation.

1

incorrect lineation (errors in the way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem)

  • 2011, Anthony B. Dawson and Paul Yachnin (editors), Richard II, The Oxford Shakespeare, Oxford University Press, p. 110, […] the so-called ‘deposition scene’ […] did not appear in print till 1608 […] and even then, in a poor text marked by omissions and mislineation.

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