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misstay

verb

Etymology

From mis- + stay.

  1. derived from *(s)teg-✻
  2. derived from *stakô✻
  3. derived from *stakā✻
  4. derived from estaye
  5. derived from *stéh₂tis✻
  6. derived from *stadiz✻
  7. derived from *stadi✻
  8. derived from staeye
  9. derived from estayer
  10. inherited from steyen
  11. prefixed as misstay — “mis + stay”

Definitions

  1. To become caught in irons when changing tack.

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