misconjecture

verb, noun — 2 senses

verb

/mɪskənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology From mis- + conjecture.

Archaic To conjecture wrongly; to misguess

noun

Etymology From mis- + conjecture.

Archaic A wrong conjecture or guess.

I hope they will plausibly receive our attempts, or candidly correct our misconjectures1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

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