Webster's Dictionary 1828

1702

MISLIVE

MISLIVE, verb intransitive. misliv'. To live amiss. [Not used.]

1703

MISLUCK

MISLUCK', noun Ill luck; misfortune.

1704

MISLY

MIS'LY, adjective [See Misle and Mist.] Raining in very small drops.

1705

MISMANAGE

MISMAN'AGE, verb transitive To manage ill; to administer improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.MISMAN'AGE, verb intransitive To behave ill; to conduct amiss.

1706

MISMANAGED

MISMAN'AGED, participle passive Ill managed or conducted.

1707

MISMANAGER

MISMAN'AGER, noun One that manages ill.

1708

MISMANAGING

MISMAN'AGING, participle present tense Managing ill.

1709

MISMANAGMENT

MISMAN'AGMENT, noun Ill or improper management; ill conduct; as the mismanagement of public or private affairs.

1710

MISMARK

MISM'ARK, verb transitive To mark with the wrong token; to mark erroneously.

1711

MISMARKED

MISM'ARKED, participle passive Wrongly marked.

1712

MISMARKING

MISM'ARKING, participle present tense Marking erroneously.

1713

MISMATCH

MISMATCH', verb transitive To match unsuitably.

1714

MISMATCHED

MISMATCH'ED, participle passive Unsuitably matched; ill joined.

1715

MISMATCHING

MISMATCH'ING, participle present tense Matching in an unsuitable manner.

1716

MISNAME

MISNA'ME, verb transitive To call by the wrong name.

1717

MISNAMED

MISNA'MED, participle passive Called by a wrong name.

1718

MISNAMING

MISNA'MING, participle present tense Calling by a wrong name.

1719

MISNOMER

MISNO'MER, noun In law, the mistaking of the true name of a person; a misnaming. [Misnosmer, as written by Blackstone, must be a corrupt orthography. In no dialect has name, Lat...

1720

MISOBEDIENCE

MISOBE'DIENCE, noun Erroneous obedience or disobedience. [Not used.]

1721

MISOBSERVE

MISOBSERVE, verb transitive misobzerv'. To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing.

1722

MISOGAMIST

MISOG'AMIST, noun [Gr. to hate, and marriage.] A hater of marriage.

1723

MISOGYNIST

MISOG'YNIST, noun [Gr. to hate, and woman.] A woman hater. [Unusual.]

1724

MISOGYNY

MISOG'YNY, noun [supra.] Hatred of the female sex.

1725

MISOPINION

MISOPIN'ION, noun Erroneous opinion.

1726

MISORDER

MISOR'DER, verb transitive To order ill; to manage erroneously.1. To manage ill; to conduct badly.MISOR'DER, noun Irregularity; disorderly proceedings. [We now use disorder.]

1727

MISORDERLY

MISOR'DERLY, adjective Irregular; disorderly.

1728

MISPELL

MISPELL, MISPEND, etc. [See Miss-spell, Miss-spend.]