Webster's Dictionary 1913

3565

Mis

Mis (mĭs), a. & adv. [See Amiss.] Wrong; amiss. “To correcten that is mis.” Chaucer.

3566

Mis-

Mis– (mĭs–). [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...

3567

Misacceptation

Mis‐ac′cep‐ta″tion (?), n. Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.

3568

Misaccompt

Mis′ac‐compt″ (?), v. t. To account or reckon wrongly. Chaucer.

3569

Misadjust

Mis′ad‐just″ (?), v. t. To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw of adjustment. I. Taylor.

3570

Misadjustment

Mis′ad‐just″ment (?), n. Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.

3571

Misadventure

Mis′ad‐ven″ture (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F. mésaventure.] Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure. Chaucer.Homicide by misadventure(Law), homicide...

3572

Misadventured

Mis′ad‐ven″tured (?), a. Unfortunate.

3573

Misadventurous

Mis′ad‐ven″tur‐ous (?), a. Unfortunate.

3574

Misadvertence

Mis′ad‐vert″ence (?), n. Inadvertence.

3575

Misadvice

Mis′ad‐vice″ (?), n. Bad advice.

3576

Misadvise

Mis′ad‐vise″ (?), v. t. To give bad counsel to.

3577

Misadvised

Mis′ad‐vised″ (?), a. Ill advised. — Mis′ad‐vis″ed‐ly (#), adv.

3578

Misaffect

Mis′af‐fect″ (–ăf‐fĕkt″), v. t. To dislike.

3579

Misaffected

Mis′af‐fect″ed, a. Ill disposed.

3580

Misaffection

Mis′af‐fec″tion (–fĕk″shŭn), n. An evil or wrong affection; the state of being ill affected. Bp. Hall.

3581

Misaffirm

Mis′af‐firm″ (–fẽrm″), v. t. To affirm incorrectly.

3582

Misaimed

Mis‐aimed″ (–āmd″), a. Not rightly aimed. Spenser.

3583

Misallegation

Mis‐al′le‐ga″tion (?), n. A erroneous statement or allegation. Bp. Hall.

3584

Misallege

Mis′al‐lege″ (?), v. t. To state erroneously.

3585

Misalliance

Mis′al‐li″ance (?), n. [F. mésalliance.] A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blu...

3586

Misallied

Mis′al‐lied″ (?), a. Wrongly allied or associated.

3587

Misallotment

Mis′al‐lot″ment (?), n. A wrong allotment.

3588

Misalter

Mis‐al″ter (?), v. t. To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. Bp. Hall.

3589

Misanthrope

Mis″an‐thrope (mĭs″ăn‐thrōp), n. [Gr. μισάνθρωποσ; μισει̑ν to hate + ἄνθρωποσ a man; cf. F. misanthrope. Cf. Miser.] A hater of mankind; a misanthropist.

3590

Misanthropic

{ Mis′an‐throp″ic (?), Mis′an‐throp″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. misanthropique.] Hating or disliking mankind.

3591

Misanthropist

Mis‐an″thro‐pist (?), n. A misanthrope.