Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section II. Modes of Communication

538. Misteaching.

   NOUN:MISTEACHING, misinformation, misintelligence, misguidance, misdirection, mispersuasion [archaic], misinstruction, misleading &c. v.; perversion; false -, dangerous- teaching; sophistry [See Intuition. Sophistry]; college of Laputa; the blind leading the blind.
   VERB:MISINFORM, misteach, misdescribe, misdirect, misguide, misinstruct, miscorrect pervert; put on a false -, throw off the- scent; deceive [See Deception]; mislead (error) [See Error]; misrepresent; lie [See Falsehood]; spargere voces in vulgum ambiguas [Vergil], preach to the wise, teach one’s grandmother to suck eggs [colloq.].
  RENDER UNINTELLIGIBLE [See Unintelligibility]; bewilder (uncertainty) [See Uncertainty]; mystify (conceal) [See Concealment]; unteach [archaic].
   ADJECTIVE:MISTEACHING &c. v.; unedifying.
   QUOTATION:Piscem natare doces.