miscookv.
/mɪsˈkʊk/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈkʊk/, Scottish English /mɪsˈkuk/ Chiefly Scottish.
transitive. To cook badly; to spoil in cooking. Also figurative (esp. in early use): to mishandle, mismanage (chiefly Scottish).
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > manage unskilfully
misleadc1225
misrulea1393
misgovernc1400
miscook?1507
mishandle1530
maladminister1649
mismanage1692
misconduct1755
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > cook partially > cook badly
miscook?1507
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 53 Bot folk a cury may miscuke that knawlege wantis.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xvi. 8 This commoun weill he hes miscuikit.
1638 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 70 These who, by their..imprudencies, had miscooked all the matter.
1721 A. Pennecuik Elegy on Death of Nicol Muschet (single sheet) Who, fond of Faction, trample on the Laws, Miscook the Tale, and spoil an honest Cause.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 68 Had ye but seen how blate the lassie looked, Whan she was blam'd, how she the drink miscooked!
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Miscook,..2...to mismanage any business; as, ‘Ye've miscookit a' your kail’.
1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 206 Food miscooked.
1868 F. E. Paget Lucretia 234 In just retribution for his miscooking his master's chops.
1992 A. Myers Murder under Kissing Bough (1993) xi. 279 Not even Edith could entirely miscook a kipper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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