misreckoning en · NOUN
Etymology
From misreckon + -ing.
Meanings
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A false reckoning; a miscalculation.
And if by such a meane we might provide for times to come, appoynting that after the revolution of such or such a number of yeares, that extraordinary day might for ever be eclipsed; so that our misreckoning should not henceforward exceede foure and twenty houres.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misreckonings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |