misguess

verb

Etymology

From mis- + guess.

  1. derived from *gʰed- — “to take, seize
  2. derived from *getaną — “to get
  3. derived from *gitisōną — “to guess
  4. derived from *getsa
  5. derived from getse
  6. inherited from gesse
  7. inherited from gessen
  8. prefixed as misguess — “mis + guess

Definitions

  1. To guess incorrectly

    • Sanborn had not come this far to misguess now.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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