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misdight

adj

Etymology

From mis- + dight.

  1. inherited from *dʰeyǵ-✻
  2. inherited from *dīkaną✻
  3. inherited from *dihtōn✻ — “to compose; invent”
  4. inherited from dihtan
  5. inherited from dighten
  6. prefixed as misdight — “mis + dight”

Definitions

  1. Arrayed, prepared, or furnished unsuitably.

    • Her heart gan grudge for very deepe despight / Of so unmanly maske in misery misdight.
    • Despised nature suit them once aright, / Their body to their coat, both now misdight. / Their body to their clothes might shapen be, / That nill their clothes shape to their bodie.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA