a faulty or incorrect impression; a misconception or misapprehension
Word origin
[1660–70; mis-1 + impression]This word is first recorded in the period 1660–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adhesive, aspirate, indicator, joke, vocalizemis- 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