misconsequence

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ consequence.

Noun

misconsequence (plural misconsequences)

1. A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
   • 1693, Robert Leighton, A Practical Commentary upon the First Epistle General of St. Peter:

     As Satan and the profane world are very inventive of such shapes and colours as may make truth most odious, drawing monstrous misconsequences out of it , and belying the practices of Christians

References

• “misconsequence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.