单词 | mal-entendu |
释义 | mal-entenduadj.n. Mistaken, misapprehended. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [adjective] > misinterpreted misunderstooda1586 misconceived1592 misconceited1598 misconstrued1600 misprized1600 mal-entendu1618 misapprehended1646 mistaken1744 misfelt1935 1618 W. Raleigh Let. Oct. (1999) ccxxcii. 375 I take it..for a libertie mal entendu..to be removed out of this steddy tower into a rowling shipp. B. n. A misunderstanding. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [noun] > instance of misconceit?1435 miscollectinga1600 mistake1600 miscollection1610 misimagination1618 misimpression1670 mal-entendu1780 cross-reading1784 misconcept1942 misprision1973 1780 H. Walpole Lett. (1858) VII. 448 By some mal-entendu it was packed up in his heavy baggage. 1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 11 Nov. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. 432 I suspect that several mal-entendus of this kind have occurred. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 217 Things culminated in a stupid mal-entendu with the Times correspondent. 1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets ii. 55 He hoped to make up for this lamentable malentendu by staying to luncheon with him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1618 |
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