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Definition of Miscopy
1. v. t. To copy amiss.
2. n. A mistake in copying.
Definition of Miscopy
1. Noun. An imperfect copy. ¹
2. Verb. To copy incorrectly; to copy with mistakes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miscopy
1. to copy incorrectly [v -COPIED, -COPYING, -COPIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscopy
Literary usage of Miscopy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"[< miscopy, v.] An error in copying. Some of these differences may be resolved
into misprints or mis-copies. K. Hodgson, Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, III. ..."
2. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1848)
"The vim may be a miscopy gulfed by the lake. of xnn, which is nearer the truth.
4 Plin. III. 8. Westphal (loc. cit. p. 2 The earliest mention of Sabate is ..."
3. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1897)
"... is probably a miscopy of " Hand's Creek."— WSP] Page 338.—In the name of God,
Amen. I, JOSEPH HICKS, of East Hampton, in Suffolk County, yeoman, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Sandford Nevile, Erskine Perry (1837)
"It has been suggested there is a miscopy- ing in the will, and that the paragraph
describing the house in Queen Street should follow the words " other ..."
5. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon, James Spedding, William Rawley, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath (1870)
"But there seems to be no authority for this construction. [I suspect te to be
merely a miscopy for rt. —/. ..."
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