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misargument

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

incorrect argument

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

Examples

  • 1977, Oak Ridge Bicentennial Lectures: Technology and Societyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=I5IBHNg0C5AC&pg=PA62&dq=%22misarguments%22. Questioner: Your comments about Arthur Kantorwitz's court and the arguments before or perhaps the misarguments before it reminded me of what we might get in the campaign for election to build an elected scientific priesthood.

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: argument

History

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- Proto-Indo-European *h2erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h2érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentumder. Anglo-Norman arguementbor. Middle English argument English argument English misargument From mis- + argument.