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misimprint

verb

Etymology

From mis- + imprint.

  1. derived from imprimere
  2. derived from empreinter
  3. inherited from emprinten
  4. prefixed as misimprint — “mis + imprint”

Definitions

  1. To imprint wrongly.

    • That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for misimprint. 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