Mr William Mackay, of Inverness, points out that this word is misspelt by Dr Mitchell, who makes it "devilans.
The small hamlet or village here is properly called Croft of Tollie, misspeltin the Old Statistical Account "Croft of Jolly," the last word being decidedly a lucus a non lucendo.
IN AN ALBUM The misspelt scrawl, upon the wall By some Pompeian idler traced, In ashes packed (ironic fact!
Keep those two points in mind, and then consider that when you read her Dave's letter she could not identify his misspelt name, which seems perfectly obvious and easy to me, now I know it.
How could she forget it so as not to be reminded of it by a misspelt version?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "misspelt" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
