单词 | mischoose |
释义 | mischoosev.ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > judge wrongly [verb (intransitive)] mischoosea1325 misdeema1400 miscalculate1695 misdecide1827 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 190 In ðe moste and in ðe leste he forles His loueredhe[d] [MS louerdhel] quuanne he mis-ches. a1456 (a1407) H. Scogan Moral Balade (Ashm.) 187 in F. J. Furnivall Chaucer's Minor Poems (1879) iii. 430/3 I wil be sorye if þat yee mischeese. 2. transitive. To choose wrongly or improperly; to make a wrong choice of (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] mistakea1393 mischoosec1422 misaccounta1425 misweigha1475 mistakea1500 misjudge1526 misesteema1595 miscountc1600 misdoom1609 misvalue1614 misrepute1629 misratea1641 mismeasure1743 mistake?a1786 misappreciate1828 misestimate1841 misgauge1870 c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) l. 84 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 143 Yee goon wrong, yee mis-chosen han your place... Yee neuere..Shal make me consente to þat synne. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 159 Vnlesse they [sc. ceremonies] be either greatly mischosen..or els [etc.]. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. i. vii. sig. N1 If th' end be not mischosen, the means are to be estimated by their tendency thereunto. 1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men v. 199 The madness with which the passing age mischooses the object on which all candles shine. 1895 Harper's Mag. Sept. 717 That a man succeeds in anything is evidence that he had not mischosen his calling. 1967 Pacific Affairs 40 194 The opportunities missed or mischosen..are not described in the book. 1990 ELH 57 489 She may have intentionally mischosen the rich shepherd Espilus over the erratic forester Therion. Derivatives misˈchoosing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > wrong choice mischoosinga1450 mischoice1582 a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 2247 Þai sal cum To reknyng on þe day of dome For þer myschesing þam omang. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 29 Whom..only mariage ruins, which doubtles is not the fault of that ordinance, for God gave it as a blessing, nor always of mans mis-choosing. 2000 Pensions Managem. Apr. (Countdown to Stakeholder Suppl.) 9/3 There would be potential, not so much for mis-selling, but for mis-choosing by employees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1325 |
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