misreckoning
misreckoning is the present participle and gerund of misreckon.
Meaning of misreckon
Verb
misreckon (third-person singular simple present misreckons, present participle misreckoning, simple past and past participle misreckoned)
- To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- To make a wrong calculation, to be in error.
- And therefore he that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.207
Noun
misreckoning (plural misreckonings)
- A false reckoning; a miscalculation.
- And if by such a meane we might provide for times to come, appoynting that after the revolution of such or such a number of yeares, that extraordinary day might for ever be eclipsed; so that our misreckoning should not henceforward exceede foure and twenty houres.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.11
Forms of misreckoning
| plural | misreckonings |
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Origin of misreckoning
From misreckon + -ing.
Questions about misreckoning
- What does misreckoning mean?
- Misreckoning means a false reckoning; a miscalculation.
- What is misreckoning the present participle and gerund of?
- Misreckoning is the present participle and gerund of misreckon.
- What part of speech is misreckoning?
- Misreckoning is a noun.
- What is the plural of misreckoning?
- The plural of misreckoning is misreckonings.
Words near misreckoning in the dictionary
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