misword

verb
/ˌmɪsˈwɜːd/UK/ˌmɪsˈwɚd/US/ˈmɪsˌwɜːd/UK/ˈmɪsˌwɚd/US

Etymology

From Middle English mysword; equivalent to mis- + word.

  1. inherited from mysword

Definitions

  1. To word incorrectly.

    • I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.
  2. 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