miscorrect

English

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-

English correct

English miscorrect

From mis- + correct.

Verb

miscorrect (third-person singular simple present miscorrects, present participle miscorrecting, simple past and past participle miscorrected)

1. To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.

   A proofreader that does not know foreign languages is likely to miscorrect Latin words.

References

• “miscorrect” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Webster, 1828.
• Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.