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mischievev. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French meschever. Etymology: Apparently < Old French meschever (transitive) to fail in, come to grief over (something), (intransitive) to be unfortunate, suffer misfortune (12th cent.; < mes- mis- prefix2 + chever cheve v.), although the correspondence in senses is not exact, and the French word is apparently not found later than the early 14th cent. Compare slightly earlier mischief n.Compare Old Occitan mescabar , menescabar (12th cent.), Spanish menoscabar (1249), Catalan menyscabar (c1300), all in sense ‘to diminish’ (also in Old Occitan and Catalan in senses ‘to damage, lose, come to harm’), Portuguese menoscabar to deprive (14th cent.): although compare discussion s.v. mis- prefix2. The β (Scots) forms in -f- probably represent realizations with a voiced final consonant, as supported by rhymes. Now chiefly Scottish. the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (transitive)] > to person or thing the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > destroy or ruin a person c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 7706 (MED) Of poueremen deserited he nom lutel hede, Þeruore þerinne wel mony mischeuing. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich (1904) I. l. 252 (MED) Of hire they hadden pyte..For that hire fadyr was so worthy a man, and Jn so schort tyme was mischevyd. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1957) ii. x. 112 And tho beheld I all the citie mischevit. a1529 J. Skelton (?1530) sig. Giiiv So I am lapped in aduersyte That dyspayre well nyghe had myscheued me. 1621 R. Montagu 212 You may haply fall foule, where you may be mischieued for euer. 1883 R. W. Dixon i. xi. 34 They who thy fair head mischieved Of such a deed the cost shall well aby. 2. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. 15 (MED) Thus bringth he many a meschief inne Unwar, til that he be meschieved And may noght thanne be relieved. c1475 (?c1451) (Royal) (1860) 41 Many folde tymes we have ben deceived and myschevid thoroughe suche dissimuled trewes. a1513 W. Dunbar (1998) I. 225 Exces of thocht dois me mischeiff. ?a1610 A. Montgomerie (1887) 133 Melancholie mischeivis my mind, That I can not rejose. 1645 Bp. J. Hall xiv. 71 The Male-content, whether hee bee angry or sad, mischieves himself both wayes. 1687 R. L'Estrange I. 7 Whatsoever Mischiev'd the One, must needs do the Other a Service. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde 177 Desire of mischieving those who are happier than they. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in 3rd Ser. III. 97 Are ye casting ye're cantraips in the very kirk-yard, to mischieve the bride and bridegroom? the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] 1465 R. Calle in (2004) II. 311 Ther fylle vppon me..xij of hes men..and ther they wold haue myscheved me. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 248 The flearis than with Erll Patrik relefd To fecht agayn, quhar mony war myscheifd. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) x. xiii. 20 A gret speyr, quharwith he feyll myschevit. 1530 J. Palsgrave 637/1 Beware of yonder horse, for he wyll myscheve as many as come within his reache. c1540 (?a1400) 7429 Ector..ettlyt on Achilles, And..hurt hym full euyll..þe sun of Theseus Segh Achilles myscheuyt. 1649 J. Milton x. 94 The onely Armes that mischiev'd us in all those Battels and Incounters. 1682 J. Flavell (new ed.) vi. 74 Francis Spira..would have mischieved himself, had not his friends prevented him. 1719 D. Defoe 191 When the two Ladders were taken down, no Man living could come down to me without mischieving himself. 1725 H. Sloane II. 6 Some they..mischiev'd to Death with certain Pricks of small Sticks sharply pointed. 1836 J. Struthers Dychmont in (1850) II. 67 With dye vats chok'd, with engines deav'd And countless nuisances mischieved. 1873 J. Brown 106 ‘Is she mischieved?’ ‘Nothing the worse.’ 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ 36 Soon as they saw it was only young Gordon that was being mischieved they did no more than laugh. 1979 J. J. Graham at Mashiev I mashieved mesel upon yun graet stane lyin ahint da barn. 1987 J. J. Graham xxii. 144 I saa at da bear was goin ta masheev someane. the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > come to grief the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > be destroyed, ruined, or come to an end ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 171 He said, ‘Þei salle mischeue.’ c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. 119 And his sones al-so for þat synne myscheued. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 614 (MED) Up they goth at eue Intil a tre, lest they by nyght myscheue. a1500 in F. J. Furnivall (1869) 85 Whene pryde is moste in prys..Þenne schall englonde myschewe. 1530 (Fawkes) (1873) i. 34 Yt hathe not bene sene, that euer eny place myscheued where goddes seruyce was deuoutly kepte. a1586 King Hart l. 495 in W. A. Craigie (1919) I. 270 Len me thy cloke to gys me for ane quhyle Want I þat weid in fayth I will mischeif. 1604 C. Edmondes II. vii. xiiii. 78 To make supplications for all soules, and specially for such as had mischieued in France in the time of that warre. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] 1656 Manasseh ben Israel i. 15 Men mischieving the Iewes to excuse their own wickednesse. 1674 M. Scrivener ii. v. 388 Sometimes you shall hear from them somewhat religiously (as it were) spoken, when they intend thereby to mischive and abuse it [sc. Religion]. 1785 W. Forbes 14 Some strain'd their lungs, And very loud me mischiev'd With their ill tongues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  v.c1325 |
