About The Word Mis
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Mis
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What's The Definition Of Mis?Synonyms | Synonyms for Mis: Related Terms | Find terms related to Mis: See Also | Mis In Webster's Dictionary \Mis-\ [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS. mis-; akin to
D. mis-, G. miss-, OHG. missa-, missi-, Icel. & Dan. mis-,
Sw. miss-, Goth. missa-; orig., a p. p. from the root of G.
meiden to shun, OHG. m[=i]dan, AS. m[=i]?an (????. Cf. {Miss}
to fail of). In words from the French, fr. OF. mes-, F.
m['e]-, mes-, fr. L. minus less (see {Minus}). In present
usage these two prefixes are commonly confounded.]
A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of
amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead,
mischief, miscreant.
\Mis\, a. & adv. [See {Amiss}.] Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] ``To correcten that [which] is mis.'' --Chaucer. |
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