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misconceit

/mɪskənˈsiːt/

misconceit noun: misconception.

Noun

misconceit (plural misconceits)

  1. (obsolete) misconception
    • Full of melancholy and sad misfare ,
      Through misconceit ; all unawares espide
      An armed Knight1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Verb

misconceit (third-person singular simple present misconceits, present participle misconceiting, simple past and past participle misconceited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To form a wrong opinion about; to misconceive.

Forms of misconceit

Noun
pluralmisconceits
alternative formmisconceipt
Verb
third-person singular presentmisconceits
present participlemisconceiting
past participlemisconceited
pastmisconceited

Origin of misconceit

From Middle English misconceite, equivalent to mis- + conceit.

Questions about misconceit

What does misconceit mean?
Misconceit means misconception.
What part of speech is misconceit?
Misconceit can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce misconceit?
Misconceit is pronounced /mɪskənˈsiːt/.
What is the plural of misconceit?
The plural of misconceit is misconceits.

Words near misconceit in the dictionary

  1. miscomputed
  2. miscomputes
  3. miscomputing
  4. misconceipt
  5. misconceipts
  6. misconceit
  7. misconceited
  8. misconceiting
  9. misconceits
  10. misconceivable
  11. misconceive

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