verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied(transitive)
to identify incorrectly
misidentify in American English
(ˌmɪsaiˈdentəˌfai, -ɪˈden-)
transitive verbWord forms: -fied, -fying
to identify incorrectly
Derived forms
misidentification
noun
Word origin
[1890–95; mis-1 + identify]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, blip, cholesterol, historicism, neoclassicismmis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust