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missight

missight noun: sight proved to be wrong; an instance of seeing something that turned out to be something else or nothing at all.

Noun

missight (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Sight proved to be wrong; an instance of seeing something that turned out to be something else or nothing at all.
    • Perhaps this — whatever it was — was just a missight, so to speak, because her eyes weren't working properly.2009, Pamela Freeman, Full Circle

Origin of missight

From mis- + sight.

Questions about missight

What does missight mean?
Missight means sight proved to be wrong; an instance of seeing something that turned out to be something else or nothing at all.
What part of speech is missight?
Missight is a noun.

Words near missight in the dictionary

  1. misshuffled
  2. misshuffles
  3. misshuffling
  4. missie
  5. missies
  6. missight
  7. missign
  8. missignal
  9. missignaled
  10. missignaling
  11. missignalled

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