mis-scriptn.
/ˈmɪsˌskrɪpt/, U.S. /ˈmɪ(s)ˌskrɪpt/ Now rare.
A mistake in writing; a misspelling.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in written mode > instance of
miswriting1430
falsehoodc1440
fault1523
escape1570
erratum1589
errat1654
misprint1813
mis-script1817
1817–19 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1998) IV. 807 In treating this ‘path’ as a mere misprint or mis-script for ‘put’.
1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 175 (note) These mis-scripts [analyze, paralyze] look as if descendants of αναλύζω and παραλύζω, which are nothing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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