misconceivern.
/ˌmɪskənˈsiːvə/, U.S. /ˌmɪskənˈsivər/ Now rare.
A person who forms a misconception or misconceptions.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [noun] > one who misinterprets
misunderstander1529
mistaker1551
misconstruer1567
misinterpreter1599
misconceivera1627
misconstructer1648
misreader1848
a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuuv/1 What a mis-conceiver 'tis.
1684 R. Baxter Short Answer in Whether Parish Congregations be True Christian Churches ii. 21 An erring Conscience is no Lawmaker.., but a misconceiver.
1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 184 Armed at all points against carpers and misconceivers.
1891 E. A. Abbott Philomythus Introd. 45 A misconceiver of it [sc. truth].
1981 Chem. Week (Nexis) 15 July 5 Those who claim prices of 1835 cents/gal methanol, regardless of what raw material the methanol is coming from, are either magicians or misconceivers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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