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单词 mislive
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mislivev.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈlɪv/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈlɪv/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and live v.1
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch mesleven , misleven , Old High German misselebēn < the Germanic base of mis- prefix1 + the Germanic base of live v.1
1. intransitive. To live a sinful or evil life. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [verb (intransitive)] > be evil
misliveOE
lithera1300
pimp1639
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > act wrongly or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > lead a bad life
misliveOE
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xix. 185 Nu bið mannum sceamu, þæt hi mislybban sceolon.
OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity: Be Gehadedum Mannum (Junius) (1959) 217 Þa mæssepreostas and ða diaconas, þe misleofedan her on worulde, wæron on witnunge wælhreowlice geswene.
a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 137 He teches..Þo men þat mislifand ware To mend þam-self.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 87 If he misliue in leudnes and lust.
2. transitive. To live (one's life, etc.) badly; to misspend.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)]
forspendc893
scatter1154
dispend1303
waste1340
misspendc1390
miswastec1400
consumec1425
waste1474
profund1527
lasha1535
prodige1538
lavish1542
to play away1562
riot1566
embezzle1578
dilapidate1590
squander1593
confound1598
to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600
prodigalize1611
profuse1611
squander1611
paddle1616
bezzle1617
to run out of ——1622
to piss away1628
prodigal1628
decoct1629
to bangle (away)1632
debauch1632
deboise1632
to fribble away1633
to fool out1635
to run outa1640
to fiddle away1667
slattera1681
dissipate1682
to play off1693
duck-and-drake1700
liquidate1702
sparkle away1703
waster1821
befool1861
to frivol away1866
to play (at) duck and drake with1872
to fling away1873
mislive1887
slather1904
mucker1928
profligate1938
peter1956
spaff2002
1887 S. W. Mitchell Masque 45 Heartily do I beseech thee pray That I may make amend of time mislived.
1930 G. de Purucker Questions we all Ask (1947) IV. 56 ‘Life is Joy,’ as Katherine Tingley used to say—not, however, as men mislive life, but in itself.
1996 Mississippi Rev. (Electronic ed.) Nov. It gives rise to apprehensions that the collector has mis-lived his life somehow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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