† misˈknowing, vbl. n. Obs.
[mis-1 3, 7.]
1. Ignorance.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. iii. met. xi. (1868) 101 Alle the dyrknesse of his mysknowynge. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxiii. (vii Sleperis) 43 As he trewyt be mysknawine, þat let hyme wyt na suthtfast thing. 1530 Palsgr. 245/2 Mysknowyng, descognoissance. |
2. Wrong or spurious knowledge.
| 1623 Bp. Hall Great Impostor Wks. (1625) 503 The vnderstanding of man is euery way deceitfull in ouerknowing, mis-knowing, dissembling. 1892 F. S. Ellis Lexical Concordance Shelley p. viii, Well would it be for the world if no more was known of any poet's life, except through his works, than is known of Shakespeare's; how greatly should we then be delivered from misknowing! |
3. Used for: miskenning.
| 1384 in Arnolde Chron. (1502) C j b/2 That in the cite in noo plee be mis knowing. |