misconceit

English

Alternative forms

• misconceipt (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪskənˈsiːt/

Noun

misconceit (plural misconceits)

1. (obsolete) misconception
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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

Verb

misconceit (third-person singular simple present misconceits, present participle misconceiting, simple past and past participle misconceited)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To form a wrong opinion about; to misconceive.

References

• “misconceit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.