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mistaken

verb
/mɪˈsteɪkn̩/

Etymology

Morphologically mistake + -n.

  1. derived from mistaka — “to take in error, to miscarry”
  2. inherited from mistaken
  3. suffixed as mistaken — “mistake + n”

Definitions

  1. past participle of mistake

    • I'm frequently mistaken for my brother.

  2. Erroneous.

    • A mistaken sense of loyalty.

  3. Having an incorrect belief.

    • I think you must be (very) much mistaken.
    • He admitted he was mistaken about the budget numbers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mistaken. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01mistaken02mistake03misunderstand04incorrectly05incorrect06erroneous07inaccurate

A definitional loop anchored at mistaken. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at mistaken

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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