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单词 misexpressive
释义

misexpressiveadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, expressive adj. and adv.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + expressive adj. and adv., probably after misexpress v., misexpression n.
Obsolete. rare.
Expressing a wrong meaning.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [adjective] > expressing wrongly or inexactly
misexpressive1817
fuzzy1937
1817 J. Bentham Chrestomathia Pt. II 109 Instead of being negatively and simply unexpressive, it is positively misexpressive.
a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. 542 The terms promulged and unpromulged..are not less misexpressive than written and unwritten.

Derivatives

misexpressiveness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [noun] > wrong expression
misexpression1646
misexpressiveness1815
1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia i. 63 The inexpressiveness, or rather the misexpressiveness,—of the language.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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