misreckon

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UK/mɪsˈɹɛkən/

verb

To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).

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

verbmisreckon (third-person singular simple present misreckons, present participle misreckoning, simple past and past participle misreckoned)

present singular third person misreckons · participle present misreckoning · participle past misreckoned · past misreckoned

  1. transitiveTo add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
  2. obsoletereflexiveTo 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

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. Englishreckon
  10. Englishmisreckon

From mis- + reckon.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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