单词 | misconstructive |
释义 | misconstructiveadj. rare. Characterized by or liable to misconstruction or misinterpretation; allowing misconstruction. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [adjective] > capable of misinterpretation misinterpretable1604 mistakable1646 misconstructive1649 misconstruablea1734 misapprehensible1829 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. vii. 299 A conceit sensibly weak, and mis-constructive. 1858 C. Dickens Let. 11 Aug. (1995) VIII. 623 The mysterious addresses, O misconstructive one, merely refer to places where Arthur Smith did not know aforehand the names of the best Hotels. 1991 Shakespeare Q. 42 288 If in the opening scene the inability, or disinclination, of the commoners to discern the sense of the tribunes' questions has enabled them to deflect the tribunes demands, here in 3.3. the same ‘misconstructive’ power the play of language warrants is transmogrified [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1649 |
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