† mispointv.¹

Forms: late Middle English myspoynt.

Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: dispoint v.¹

Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of dispoint v.¹ (compare sense 2 s.v.), after mis- prefix¹.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To baulk, thwart.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > frustrate, thwart

discomfitc1230

blenk?a1400

mispoint1480

fruster1490

frustrate?a1513

disappoint1545

destitutea1563

foila1564

deceive1571

thwart1581

balka1593

discomfort1596

unwont1629

fail1634

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlix Whan they apperceyued this, that they were myspoynted they saylled strayt to Depe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

mispointv.²

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈpɔɪnt/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈpɔɪnt/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and point v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, point v.¹

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + point v.¹ Compare earlier mispointing n.

Now rare.

1. transitive. To punctuate wrongly; to mispunctuate.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [verb (transitive)] > express with fingers > with wrong finger

mispoint1570

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > abuse language [verb (transitive)] > in written mode > in punctuating

mispoint1570

1570 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (new ed.) ii. 126 You haue pourposely corrupted, and mispointed the whole place.

1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. xxxiii. 376 Those sophistical Novelists who thus mispoint the words of his promise... Verily I say unto thee this day, thou shalt be with me in Paradise.

1744 C. Willats Assize Serm. at York 26 This greatly mistaken passage..could not possibly have been mistaken..if it had not been first mispointed.

1850 A. Dyce Wks. Christopher Marlowe I. 231 The passage happens to be mispointed in the old ed...Mr. Collier..suspected that the punctuation of the old ed. might be wrong.

2. intransitive. To point (or otherwise indicate position, direction, etc.) wrongly or misleadingly. rare.

ΚΠ

1983 ELH 50 823 Thompson..compares the base/superstructure metaphor to a signpost ‘pointing in the wrong direction’...He accepts, however, the place towards which the metaphor ‘mis-points’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mispoint
释义	† mispointv.¹ Forms: late Middle English myspoynt. Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: dispoint v.¹ Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of dispoint v.¹ (compare sense 2 s.v.), after mis- prefix¹. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To baulk, thwart. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > frustrate, thwart discomfitc1230 blenk?a1400 mispoint1480 fruster1490 frustrate?a1513 disappoint1545 destitutea1563 foila1564 deceive1571 thwart1581 balka1593 discomfort1596 unwont1629 fail1634 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlix Whan they apperceyued this, that they were myspoynted they saylled strayt to Depe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). mispointv.² Brit. /ˌmɪsˈpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈpɔɪnt/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and point v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, point v.¹ Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + point v.¹ Compare earlier mispointing n. Now rare. 1. transitive. To punctuate wrongly; to mispunctuate. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [verb (transitive)] > express with fingers > with wrong finger mispoint1570 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > abuse language [verb (transitive)] > in written mode > in punctuating mispoint1570 1570 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (new ed.) ii. 126 You haue pourposely corrupted, and mispointed the whole place. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. xxxiii. 376 Those sophistical Novelists who thus mispoint the words of his promise... Verily I say unto thee this day, thou shalt be with me in Paradise. 1744 C. Willats Assize Serm. at York 26 This greatly mistaken passage..could not possibly have been mistaken..if it had not been first mispointed. 1850 A. Dyce Wks. Christopher Marlowe I. 231 The passage happens to be mispointed in the old ed...Mr. Collier..suspected that the punctuation of the old ed. might be wrong. 2. intransitive. To point (or otherwise indicate position, direction, etc.) wrongly or misleadingly. rare. ΚΠ 1983 ELH 50 823 Thompson..compares the base/superstructure metaphor to a signpost ‘pointing in the wrong direction’...He accepts, however, the place towards which the metaphor ‘mis-points’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.¹1480v.²1570
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