英和和英

発音

• (verb) IPA^(key): /mɪsəˈkaʊnt/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsəkaʊnt/

動詞

misaccount (三人称単数 現在形 misaccounts, 現在分詞 misaccounting, 過去形および過去分詞形 misaccounted)

1. (transitive) to account badly, wrongfully, or in error
   • 1846, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), Men of Capital - Volume 3:

     […] having transpired in the village previous to the still more remarkable event which had struck dismay into the hearts of young and old, the journey was instantly attributed by those idle talkers who love nothing better than to misaccount for the movements and motives of their neighbours, […]

名詞

misaccount (複数形 misaccounts)

1. A bad or wrong account; an incorrect narrative.
   • 1998, Robbie P. Kahn, Bearing Meaning: The Language of Birth:

     Oakley shows how a misaccount arises from “masculine ambivalence" about birth, which obstructs women from producing new accounts.