English Explanatory Dictionary

miskenning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wrong citation.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of misken

Word forms

miskenning miskennings

Etymology

From Middle English miskenninge, from Old English miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, a fine exacted for such a mistake”), equivalent to misken + -ing or mis- + kenning. Cognate with Dutch miskenning (“misunderstanding, mistreatment”).

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