misconjecture

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ conjecture

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪskənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Verb

misconjecture (third-person singular simple present misconjectures, present participle misconjecturing, simple past and past participle misconjectured)

1. To conjecture wrongly.

Noun

misconjecture (plural misconjectures)

1. A wrong conjecture or guess.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     I hope they will plausibly receive our attempts, or candidly correct our misconjectures

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “misconjecture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)