Misdiscern

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To discern incorrectly.

    "Tartarin had neither the dazzled, misdiscerning vision of genius nor the fatuity that comes from a surfeit of wisdom."

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"Tartarin had neither the dazzled, misdiscerning vision of genius nor the fatuity that comes from a surfeit of wisdom."

Etymology

From mis- + discern.

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