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misimpression en · NOUN

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 *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōder. Old French impressionder. English impression English misimpression From mis- + impression.

Meanings

1. An inaccurate or misleading impression
   • Often the misimpression a reporter gives is trivial. 1988 March 11, Michael Miner, “Broder Against Broder/For the Editor Who Dares to Be Different”, in Chicago Reader:
   • Will is an intelligent person, and if he is under such a grievous misimpression, then I obviously did not do a good job of communicating the Subcommittee's work to the membership. 1983 December 31, Robert P. Wasson Jr., “"Whither BL/GPA?"—A Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 5:

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