misconceit

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/mɪskənˈsiːt/

noun

misconception

OriginMiddle English misconceite →
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Meanings

nounmisconceit (plural misconceits)

plural misconceits · alternative misconceipt

  1. obsoletemisconception

    Full of melancholy and sad misfare , Through misconceit ; all unawares espide An armed Knight

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
verbmisconceit (third-person singular simple present misconceits, present participle misconceiting, simple past and past participle misconceited)

present singular third person misconceits · participle present misconceiting · participle past misconceited · past misconceited · alternative misconceipt

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo form a wrong opinion about; to misconceive.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmisconceite
  2. Englishmisconceit

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

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APA

misconceit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconceit

MLA

“misconceit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconceit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misconceit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconceit.

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