† missayn.

Forms: Middle English misai, Middle English missay.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: missay v.

Etymology: < missay v. Compare earlier missaw n. N.E.D. (1907) records here also a later example from the Towneley Plays in form myssaes (plural), but this is taken by the most recent editors of the plays (M. Stevens and A. C. Cawley Towneley Plays (1994)) as showing misease n.¹ N.E.D. (1907) indicates the stress as misˈsay.

Obsolete.

= missaw n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun]

teleeOE

folk-leasinga1000

tolec1000

wrayingc1000

missaw?c1225

slanderc1290

disclanderc1300

famationc1325

noisec1325

skander1338

missaying1340

misspeecha1375

slanderingc1380

biting1382

defaminga1400

filtha1400

missaya1400

obloquya1438

oblocution?a1439

juroryc1440

defamationa1450

defamea1450

forspeaking1483

depravinga1500

defamya1513

injury?1518

depravation1526

maledictiona1530

abusion?1530

blasphemation1533

infamation1533

insectationa1535

calumning1541

calumniation?1549

abuse1559

calumnying1563

calumny1564

belying?1565

illingc1575

scandalizing1575

misparlance?1577

blot1587

libelling1587

scandal1596

traducement1597

injurying1604

deprave1610

vilifying1611

noisec1613

disfame1620

sycophancy1622

aspersion1633

disreport1640

medisance1648

bollocking1653

vilification1653

sugillation1654

blasphemya1656

traduction1656

calumniating1660

blaspheming1677

aspersing1702

blowing1710

infamizing1827

malignation1836

mud-slinging1858

mud-throwing1864

denigration1868

mud-flinging1876

dénigrement1883

malignment1885

injurious falsehood1907

mud-sling1919

bad-mouthing1939

bad mouth1947

trash-talking1974

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21474 Al has þis curt herd þi misai [a1400 Fairf. þe missay].

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

missayv.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈseɪ/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈseɪ/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle missaid

/mɪsˈsɛd/;

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and say v.¹; also Middle English misai, Middle English misaie, Middle English misin (transmission error), Middle English mysey. Past tense Middle English misede, Middle English nysseyd (transmission error). Past participle Middle English misaid, Middle English misede, Middle English mysaide; Scottish pre-1700 missad.

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

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + say v.¹ Compare Middle Dutch missegen, misseggen, Middle High German missagen, missesagen.

Now archaic and poetic.

a. transitive. To speak ill of (a person), blaspheme (a god); to abuse, slander, revile, vilify. Formerly also: †to rebuke, reproach (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)]

to say or speak shame of, on, byc950

teleeOE

sayOE

to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000

belie?c1225

betell?c1225

missayc1225

skandera1300

disclanderc1300

wrenchc1300

bewrayc1330

bite1330

gothele1340

slanderc1340

deprave1362

hinderc1375

backbite1382

blasphemec1386

afamec1390

fame1393

to blow up?a1400

defamea1400

noise1425

to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445

malignc1450

to speak villainy of1470

infame1483

injury1484

painta1522

malicea1526

denigrate1526

disfamea1533

misreporta1535

sugill?1539

dishonest?c1550

calumniate1554

scandalize1566

ill1577

blaze1579

traduce1581

misspeak1582

blot1583

abuse1592

wronga1596

infamonize1598

vilify1598

injure?a1600

forspeak1601

libel1602

infamize1605

belibel1606

calumnize1606

besquirt1611

colly1615

scandala1616

bedirt1622

soil1641

disfigurea1643

sycophant1642

spatter1645

sugillate1647

bespattera1652

bedung1655

asperse1656

mischieve1656

opprobriatea1657

reflect1661

dehonestate1663

carbonify1792

defamate1810

mouth1810

foul-mouth1822

lynch1836

rot1890

calumny1895

ding1903

bad-talk1938

norate1938

bad-mouth1941

monster1967

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 456 (MED) Ure maumez..tu se muchel misseist & ure godes hokerest.

a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 30 (MED) Non mon ne sal oþer missigen, sigge vad he ou sigge.

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 2036 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 165 Þov mis-seist [c1300 Harl. missaist] mi louerd þe king.

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 1168 (MED) Þow haddest vnriȝt, So te misin [read misain] a noble kniȝt!

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 14669 (MED) Þei loked on him..And scornefuly misseiden him.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 463 I pray you of mercy to myssesay me no more.

1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) v. i. sig. h.viii The kynge commaunded that none of them vpon payne of dethe to myssaye them ne doo them ony harme.

a1500 (a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 353 (MED) Crist was so patient..þat whan he was mys-said, he cursid not aȝen.

?1541 R. Copland tr. Galen Terapeutyke sig. Eij^v Myssaye nat the auncyentes, nor dysprayse nat Hyppocrates.

1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. xi. sig. F.ij Cursed be that man that shall thee curse or missay.

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) v. iv. f. 170^v How dar ȝe presume to myssay me with sic reproche.

1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. iii. 33 Is she such a Saint, None can missay her?

1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 59 Far liefer had I fight a score of times Than hear thee so missay me and revile.

1888 W. Morris Dream of J. Ball xii. 125 These men shall the blind and the fearful mock and missay.

1905 F. Thompson Poems (1946) 201 Thus each by other is mis-said.

†b. transitive. To say (something) with abusive, slanderous, or reproachful intent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] > say with slanderous intent

missay1340

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 189 By þe kueade huiche he ssel miszigge.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 14779 (MED) Mikel of him can þai missai.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 313 The mysseyyng that ye mysseyde me.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 638/1 I never myssayd hym worde.

1593 M. Drayton Idea ii. sig. C And sore repents what he before missaide.

1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus 50 in Parl. Vertues Royal And can suffer nought 'Gainst them to be mis-done, mis-said, mis-thought.

†2.

a. intransitive. To speak ill of a person; to blaspheme; to speak abusively, slanderously, or scornfully. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > utter slander or calumny [verb (intransitive)]

missay?c1225

wrayc1330

malignc1425

slanderc1426

libel1570

deprave1600

calumniate1609

libellizec1620

sycophantize1636

disreport1655

scandalize1745

to sling (also fling, throw) mud1768

calumny1895

foul-mouth1960

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 149 Þe swerieð greate oðes. oðer bitterliche curseð. oðer mis seið bigod oðer bi his haleȝen.

a1325 St. Stephen (Corpus Cambr.) 11 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 590 (MED) Þere arise oþer þreo..And sede þat he misseid hadde by Moises lawe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13905 (MED) Þou missais [a1400 Trin. Cambr. mis seist]; deuel es in þe.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. v. 28 To whom it pleseth that they messaye.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xiii. 6 Thaire mouth is ay redy to myssay.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F4 Her tongue..Brought forth speeches myld, when she would haue missayd.

b. intransitive. To speak ill of. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 69 We clepieþ hyer blasfemye huanne me missayþ [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues mysseiþ] of god and of his halȝen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 19420 (MED) Tua wittnes fals þai þam puruaid To tell he had o godd missaid.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 323 Of myn olde servauntes thow mysseyest.

1477 J. Pympe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 418 Sum evyll tvng..myss-sayeth of me.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 106 Their ill haviour garres men missay, Both of their doctrine, and of theyr faye.

†3.

a. intransitive. To say something false or erroneous, make a misstatement; to say something wrongly or improperly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > give wrong information [verb (intransitive)]

missaya1325

misaver1402

misreport1460

misinform1605

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 2481 Ȝe mysseggeþ, quaþ seint Peter.

c1390 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 353 He that hath mysseyd [v.rr. myssayd, myssaide, mysaide, mysseyde]..He may by no wey clepe his word agayn.

c1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 317 Now merci, swete, yf I mysseye [v.rr. myssey, myssay, myssaie]! Have I seyd oght amys, I preye?

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 174 Ye have myssayed, For I never sawe Reynawde, nor I wote not what he is.

1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. l. 258 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 304 Haif I myssaid in ocht I sall amend.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. f. 35 Or Diggon her is, or I missaye.

1612 A. Gill in J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. Pref. Great loue, and little skill may cause mee to missay.

a1824 Ld. Byron Lett. & Jrnls. (1830) I. 639 Some of mosque, and some of church, And some, or I mis-say, of neither.

1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 417 The Sacred Pictures—where skulks Innocence enshrined, Or I missay!

1895 F. Thompson Sister Songs 41 And in that saying how do I missay.

b. transitive. To say (something) erroneously or incorrectly; to say (a prayer or office) improperly or at the wrong time. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (transitive)] > wrongly or incorrectly

missayc1325

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > say or quote incorrectly

missayc1325

misrehearse1533

misquote1598

miscite1605

misrepeat1615

misvoucha1626

misplead1676

misgivea1713

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5801 (MED) Þe oþer vel adoun akne..& cryede him mercy..of þat þat he mis sede.

a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) 25192 (MED) And of oure praier crist es payd Sum tyme, all if it be missayd.

c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 528 Th'amendes is lyght to make..for ther lyeth noon therto; There ys nothyng myssayd nor do.

1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 254 Let men beleeue that..which the diuine Scriptures doe say, and not which mens tongues doe mis-say.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 20 Lest any thing in generall might be missaid in their publick Prayers through ignorance.

1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer Preamble Beseeching him to pardon what is misdone or missaid, by others, or misunderstood by me.

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

单词	missay
释义	† missayn. Forms: Middle English misai, Middle English missay. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: missay v. Etymology: < missay v. Compare earlier missaw n. N.E.D. (1907) records here also a later example from the Towneley Plays in form myssaes (plural), but this is taken by the most recent editors of the plays (M. Stevens and A. C. Cawley Towneley Plays (1994)) as showing misease n.¹ N.E.D. (1907) indicates the stress as misˈsay. Obsolete. = missaw n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] teleeOE folk-leasinga1000 tolec1000 wrayingc1000 missaw?c1225 slanderc1290 disclanderc1300 famationc1325 noisec1325 skander1338 missaying1340 misspeecha1375 slanderingc1380 biting1382 defaminga1400 filtha1400 missaya1400 obloquya1438 oblocution?a1439 juroryc1440 defamationa1450 defamea1450 forspeaking1483 depravinga1500 defamya1513 injury?1518 depravation1526 maledictiona1530 abusion?1530 blasphemation1533 infamation1533 insectationa1535 calumning1541 calumniation?1549 abuse1559 calumnying1563 calumny1564 belying?1565 illingc1575 scandalizing1575 misparlance?1577 blot1587 libelling1587 scandal1596 traducement1597 injurying1604 deprave1610 vilifying1611 noisec1613 disfame1620 sycophancy1622 aspersion1633 disreport1640 medisance1648 bollocking1653 vilification1653 sugillation1654 blasphemya1656 traduction1656 calumniating1660 blaspheming1677 aspersing1702 blowing1710 infamizing1827 malignation1836 mud-slinging1858 mud-throwing1864 denigration1868 mud-flinging1876 dénigrement1883 malignment1885 injurious falsehood1907 mud-sling1919 bad-mouthing1939 bad mouth1947 trash-talking1974 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21474 Al has þis curt herd þi misai [a1400 Fairf. þe missay]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). missayv. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈseɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈseɪ/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle missaid /mɪsˈsɛd/; Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and say v.¹; also Middle English misai, Middle English misaie, Middle English misin (transmission error), Middle English mysey. Past tense Middle English misede, Middle English nysseyd (transmission error). Past participle Middle English misaid, Middle English misede, Middle English mysaide; Scottish pre-1700 missad. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, say v.¹ Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + say v.¹ Compare Middle Dutch missegen, misseggen, Middle High German missagen, missesagen. Now archaic and poetic. 1. a. transitive. To speak ill of (a person), blaspheme (a god); to abuse, slander, revile, vilify. Formerly also: †to rebuke, reproach (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] to say or speak shame of, on, byc950 teleeOE sayOE to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000 belie?c1225 betell?c1225 missayc1225 skandera1300 disclanderc1300 wrenchc1300 bewrayc1330 bite1330 gothele1340 slanderc1340 deprave1362 hinderc1375 backbite1382 blasphemec1386 afamec1390 fame1393 to blow up?a1400 defamea1400 noise1425 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 malignc1450 to speak villainy of1470 infame1483 injury1484 painta1522 malicea1526 denigrate1526 disfamea1533 misreporta1535 sugill?1539 dishonest?c1550 calumniate1554 scandalize1566 ill1577 blaze1579 traduce1581 misspeak1582 blot1583 abuse1592 wronga1596 infamonize1598 vilify1598 injure?a1600 forspeak1601 libel1602 infamize1605 belibel1606 calumnize1606 besquirt1611 colly1615 scandala1616 bedirt1622 soil1641 disfigurea1643 sycophant1642 spatter1645 sugillate1647 bespattera1652 bedung1655 asperse1656 mischieve1656 opprobriatea1657 reflect1661 dehonestate1663 carbonify1792 defamate1810 mouth1810 foul-mouth1822 lynch1836 rot1890 calumny1895 ding1903 bad-talk1938 norate1938 bad-mouth1941 monster1967 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 456 (MED) Ure maumez..tu se muchel misseist & ure godes hokerest. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 30 (MED) Non mon ne sal oþer missigen, sigge vad he ou sigge. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 2036 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 165 Þov mis-seist [c1300 Harl. missaist] mi louerd þe king. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 1168 (MED) Þow haddest vnriȝt, So te misin [read misain] a noble kniȝt! a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 14669 (MED) Þei loked on him..And scornefuly misseiden him. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 463 I pray you of mercy to myssesay me no more. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) v. i. sig. h.viii The kynge commaunded that none of them vpon payne of dethe to myssaye them ne doo them ony harme. a1500 (a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 353 (MED) Crist was so patient..þat whan he was mys-said, he cursid not aȝen. ?1541 R. Copland tr. Galen Terapeutyke sig. Eij^v Myssaye nat the auncyentes, nor dysprayse nat Hyppocrates. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. xi. sig. F.ij Cursed be that man that shall thee curse or missay. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) v. iv. f. 170^v How dar ȝe presume to myssay me with sic reproche. 1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. iii. 33 Is she such a Saint, None can missay her? 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 59 Far liefer had I fight a score of times Than hear thee so missay me and revile. 1888 W. Morris Dream of J. Ball xii. 125 These men shall the blind and the fearful mock and missay. 1905 F. Thompson Poems (1946) 201 Thus each by other is mis-said. †b. transitive. To say (something) with abusive, slanderous, or reproachful intent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] > say with slanderous intent missay1340 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 189 By þe kueade huiche he ssel miszigge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 14779 (MED) Mikel of him can þai missai. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 313 The mysseyyng that ye mysseyde me. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 638/1 I never myssayd hym worde. 1593 M. Drayton Idea ii. sig. C And sore repents what he before missaide. 1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus 50 in Parl. Vertues Royal And can suffer nought 'Gainst them to be mis-done, mis-said, mis-thought. †2. a. intransitive. To speak ill of a person; to blaspheme; to speak abusively, slanderously, or scornfully. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > utter slander or calumny [verb (intransitive)] missay?c1225 wrayc1330 malignc1425 slanderc1426 libel1570 deprave1600 calumniate1609 libellizec1620 sycophantize1636 disreport1655 scandalize1745 to sling (also fling, throw) mud1768 calumny1895 foul-mouth1960 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 149 Þe swerieð greate oðes. oðer bitterliche curseð. oðer mis seið bigod oðer bi his haleȝen. a1325 St. Stephen (Corpus Cambr.) 11 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 590 (MED) Þere arise oþer þreo..And sede þat he misseid hadde by Moises lawe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13905 (MED) Þou missais [a1400 Trin. Cambr. mis seist]; deuel es in þe. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. v. 28 To whom it pleseth that they messaye. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xiii. 6 Thaire mouth is ay redy to myssay. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F4 Her tongue..Brought forth speeches myld, when she would haue missayd. b. intransitive. To speak ill of. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 69 We clepieþ hyer blasfemye huanne me missayþ [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues mysseiþ] of god and of his halȝen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 19420 (MED) Tua wittnes fals þai þam puruaid To tell he had o godd missaid. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 323 Of myn olde servauntes thow mysseyest. 1477 J. Pympe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 418 Sum evyll tvng..myss-sayeth of me. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 106 Their ill haviour garres men missay, Both of their doctrine, and of theyr faye. †3. a. intransitive. To say something false or erroneous, make a misstatement; to say something wrongly or improperly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > give wrong information [verb (intransitive)] missaya1325 misaver1402 misreport1460 misinform1605 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 2481 Ȝe mysseggeþ, quaþ seint Peter. c1390 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 353 He that hath mysseyd [v.rr. myssayd, myssaide, mysaide, mysseyde]..He may by no wey clepe his word agayn. c1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 317 Now merci, swete, yf I mysseye [v.rr. myssey, myssay, myssaie]! Have I seyd oght amys, I preye? 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 174 Ye have myssayed, For I never sawe Reynawde, nor I wote not what he is. 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. l. 258 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 304 Haif I myssaid in ocht I sall amend. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. f. 35 Or Diggon her is, or I missaye. 1612 A. Gill in J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. Pref. Great loue, and little skill may cause mee to missay. a1824 Ld. Byron Lett. & Jrnls. (1830) I. 639 Some of mosque, and some of church, And some, or I mis-say, of neither. 1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 417 The Sacred Pictures—where skulks Innocence enshrined, Or I missay! 1895 F. Thompson Sister Songs 41 And in that saying how do I missay. b. transitive. To say (something) erroneously or incorrectly; to say (a prayer or office) improperly or at the wrong time. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (transitive)] > wrongly or incorrectly missayc1325 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > say or quote incorrectly missayc1325 misrehearse1533 misquote1598 miscite1605 misrepeat1615 misvoucha1626 misplead1676 misgivea1713 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5801 (MED) Þe oþer vel adoun akne..& cryede him mercy..of þat þat he mis sede. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) 25192 (MED) And of oure praier crist es payd Sum tyme, all if it be missayd. c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 528 Th'amendes is lyght to make..for ther lyeth noon therto; There ys nothyng myssayd nor do. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 254 Let men beleeue that..which the diuine Scriptures doe say, and not which mens tongues doe mis-say. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 20 Lest any thing in generall might be missaid in their publick Prayers through ignorance. 1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer Preamble Beseeching him to pardon what is misdone or missaid, by others, or misunderstood by me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400v.c1225
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