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misdiet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /mɪsˈdaɪət/ (UK)

Etymology

From mis- + diet.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Bad diet.
    • Full of diseases was his carcas blew, / And a dry dropsie through his flesh did flow: / Which by misdiet daily greater grew […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

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misdiets Number=Plur lexicographic

misdiet en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /mɪsˈdaɪət/ (UK)

Etymology

From mis- + diet.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To diet improperly.

Forms

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misdieting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misdiets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
misdieted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misdieted Tense=Past lexicographic