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misaccount en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪsəkaʊnt/

Etymology

From Middle English misaccounten, equivalent to mis- + account.

Meanings

1. A bad or wrong account; an incorrect narrative.
   • Oakley shows how a misaccount arises from “masculine ambivalence" about birth, which obstructs women from producing new accounts. 1998, Robbie P. Kahn, Bearing Meaning: The Language of Birth:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
misaccounts	Number=Plur		lexicographic

misaccount en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /mɪsəˈkaʊnt/

Etymology

From Middle English misaccounten, equivalent to mis- + account.

Meanings

1. (transitive) to account badly, wrongfully, or in error
   • […] having transpired in the village previous to the still more remarkable event which had struck dismay into the hearts of young and old, the journey was instantly attributed by those idle talkers who love nothing better than to misaccount for the movements and motives of their neighbours, […] 1846, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), Men of Capital - Volume 3:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
misaccounted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
misaccounted	Tense=Past		lexicographic
misaccounts	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
misaccounting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic