单词 | misthrive |
释义 | misthrivev. Chiefly Scottish. Now rare. intransitive. To be unsuccessful; to fail to thrive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fail to prosper or thrive unthrivec1380 untheec1470 misthrive1567 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 187 And thocht thay fuffe at it, and blaw..The mair thay blaw..The mair it dois mis~thryue. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 46 To the Gairdnar he said..‘My tender plant it dois misthriue.’ 1609 A. Craig Poet. Recreat. To Rdr. sig. A3 Amongst so many children some must mis-thriue and proue naght. 1876 R. Dinnie Songs 104 They canna blame dry rigs gif they missthrive. DerivativesΚΠ c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 116 This hes bene the greatest uyte of my misthryuing in monney matteris. 1629 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 108 Anent the misthryveing of Thomas Homes doucat and away fleing of the dowis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1567 |
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