misword
verb/ˌmɪsˈwɜːd/UK/ˌmɪsˈwɚd/US/ˈmɪsˌwɜːd/UK/ˈmɪsˌwɚd/US
Etymology
From Middle English mysword; equivalent to mis- + word.
- inherited from mysword
Definitions
To word incorrectly.
- I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.
An insult.
- He then came down, took away his ladder, not a misword said to him, and by whose order it was done was not then known.
- And, as for yourself, Master Matthew, why I 've known you these fifty years, and never heard man, woman, or child speak a misword of you in my life.
- A woman who used to work in my house told me that she 'never 'ad a misword with her 'usband.'
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for misword. 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