单词 | miskeeping |
释义 | miskeepingn.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > faulty observance or performance miskeepinga1400 misperformance1652 a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 86 Hij gon in to sum stede & cacchen sum hyrt þorouȝ her owen defaut & myskepynge. 1457–8 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 298 Becawys of har myskepyng of har sayd swyne. c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 817 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 246 Gif þe dekine eschapit..thru miskepyng ore subtilite. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxi. 56/2 Cause of bodely sekenesse is..by myskepynge of the childe in the youthe. a1500 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Trin. Cambr.) (1967) 158 (MED) He wilde brynge with hym his faucon at his comynge, & leef it not behynde hym for drede of mysekepynge. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 48 Al..wastes imbesselinges miskeapinges..of the sayd artilleries. 2. Wrong or improper keeping of something. rare. ΚΠ 1460 H. at Fenne in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 170 A man shal neuer have love of God nor..of good men for myskepyng of moche good, þof it were his owen, for it is dampnable. 1985 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 51 9 He chose to focus his presidential address on the keeping—and miskeeping—of historical records. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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