SuaviloquyToday’s word

mistaken

Mistaken, p.a.

1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.

2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for mistaken; he lists it under absurd.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.