misguess

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verb

To guess incorrectly

OriginEnglish guess ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

verbmisguess (third-person singular simple present misguesses, present participle misguessing, simple past and past participle misguessed)

present singular third person misguesses · participle present misguessing · participle past misguessed · past misguessed

  1. To guess incorrectly

    Sanborn had not come this far to misguess now.

    2007 July 21, “3 Champions Take Bows in Nashville”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishguess
  10. Englishmisguess

From mis- + guess.

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Cite this entry
APA

misguess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misguess

MLA

“misguess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misguess. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misguess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misguess.

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