misconceit

noun, verb — 2 senses

misconceit

noun

/mɪskənˈsiːt/

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

1

Obsolete misconception

Full of melancholy and sad misfare , Through misconceit ; all unawares espide An armed Knight1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

misconceit

verb

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

1

Obsolete To form a wrong opinion about; to misconceive.

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