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mistell

verb
/mɪsˈtɛl/

Etymology

From mis- + tell, the latter being a messaging command on certain chat networks.

  1. derived from *dol-✻ — “calculation, fraud”
  2. derived from *talą✻
  3. inherited from *taljaną✻
  4. inherited from *talljan✻
  5. inherited from tellan — “to count, tell”
  6. inherited from tellen — “to count, tell”
  7. formed as mistell — “mis- + tell”

Definitions

  1. To tell inaccurately.

  2. A message sent to the incorrect recipient in an instant messaging program or online game.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mistell. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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