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miscomment

noun
/mɪsˈkɒmɛnt/

Etymology

From mis- + comment.

  1. derived from commentum — “invention, fabrication”
  2. derived from commentum — “comment, interpretation”
  3. derived from coment — “commentary”
  4. inherited from coment
  5. prefixed as miscomment — “mis + comment”

Definitions

  1. A comment that is untrue.

    • MORE mischief has been done to the cause of truth by mistranslations of, and consequent miscomments on the holy scripture, than is at first thought imagined or perceived.
    • Did reversible error occur as a result of prosecutorial miscomment during closing argument?
    • He said not to worry, that things were well in hand, and it was probably a miscomment.

  2. To comment in error.

    • Nicon answered : “All these writings are no better than old-wives' stories; for there are adduced here spurious canons, most vilely misunderstood and misinterpreted or miscommented upon.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for miscomment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA