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misdecorate

verb

Etymology

From mis- + decorate.

  1. derived from decorātus
  2. derived from decorat
  3. prefixed as misdecorate — “mis + decorate”

Definitions

  1. To decorate incorrectly.

    • “By George that's not a bad idea of yours, Gurney,” said Mr. Rivers, misdecorating the patentee of the invention with a charming naiveté.
    • Stratfordians were unsure what a “jubilee” was meant to be, and worried whether it might “notify and misdecorate a new Species of Bacchanalian Revelling at Stratford Upon Avon."

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