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misdiagram en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă) Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma)der. Italian diagrammader. French diagrammeder. English diagram English misdiagram From mis- + diagram.

Meanings

1. To diagram incorrectly.
   • If you are missing any connections, or if you misdiagrammed, check the numbered arrows in the diagram against the numbered rules to see where you may have gone wrong. 2014, LSAT Logic Games:
   • If the parser isn't sophisticated, it will misdiagram the sentence and won't know the difference between verb and subject. 1991 October 28, John Lombardi, Kyla K. Carlson, “Grammar Checkers: Keep your writing in line”, in InfoWorld, volume 13, number 43, page 65:
   • No one had a clue as to what terrible things she'd do to us if we misdiagrammed a sentence. 1997, Bryan L. Jones, “Back to the Basics”, in Mark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains Adventures:

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