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misword en · VERB · etymology 1

From mis- + word; formed separately from Etymology 2.

(transitive) To word incorrectly.
- I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.

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misworded	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
misworded	Tense=Past	lexicographic
miswords	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
miswording	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

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

(in later use dialectal, obsolete) An insult.
- A woman who used to work in my house told me that she 'never 'ad a misword with her 'usband.' 1934, Alfred Allen Brockington, Mysticism and Poetry on a Basis of Experience, Kennikat Press, page 24:
- 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. 1659-1661, Thomas Rugge, Diurnal:
- 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. 1846, “The Young Market-Woman”, in Belford Regis; Or, Sketches of a Country Town, Richard Bentley, page 237:

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