Main Entry: mon·de·green

Pronunciation: \ˈmän-də-ˌgrēn\

Function: noun

Etymology: from the mishearing in a Scottish ballad of “laid him on the green” as “Lady Mondegreen”

Date: 1954

: a word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung <“very close veins” is a mondegreen for “varicose veins”>