misspeakv.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈspiːk/, U.S.

/ˌmɪ(s)ˈspik/

Inflections: Past tense misspoke; past participle misspoken;

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and speak v.; also Middle English mispak (past tense), Middle English mispeke, Middle English myspeke, Middle English myspoken (past participle), Middle English 1600s 1900s– mispoke (past participle), 1500s–1600s mispeake.

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

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + speak v.

†1. intransitive. To murmur, grumble. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

mean?a1300

hum13..

plainta1325

gruntc1325

plainc1325

musea1382

murmurc1390

complain1393

contrary1393

flitec1400

pinea1425

grummec1430

aggrudge1440

hoinec1440

mutterc1450

grudge1461

channerc1480

grunch1487

repine1529

storm?1553

expostulate1561

grumblea1586

gruntle1591

chunter1599

swagger1599

maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

create1919

moana1922

crib1925

tick1925

bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John vi. 41 Murmurabant ergo iudaei de illo quia dixisset ego sum panis qui de caelo discendi : hwæstredon uel missprecon deiglice forðon ða iudeas of him uel ymb hine forðon he cueð ic am hlaf seðe of heofnum ic ofdune stag.

†2.

a. intransitive. To speak insultingly, improperly, or out of turn; to speak evil. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)]

misspeakc1225

faltera1533

clutter1654

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention > speak of obscene things

misspeakc1225

c1225 Lofsong Lefdi (Royal) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 305 Ich habbe..Misispeken.

c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3139 If that I mysspeke or seye, Wite it the ale of Southwerk.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 934 I me repente, If I mysspak [v.rr. mispak, misspake].

a1500 St. Brendan's Confession (Lamb.) 315 in Geibun Kenkyn 18 (MED) With my tunge I haue mys-tastid and mys-spoke.

1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 764/1 I doe not inferre that it is lawfull for weomen to depraue or mispeake by any means.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. ii. 4 It is not so, thou hast mispoke, misheard.

b. intransitive. To speak disrespectfully or disparagingly of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > speak disparagingly [verb (intransitive)]

diminue1382

misspeaka1393

detract1605

depreciate1666

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 2008 If that I myhte ofherkne..That eny man of hire mispeke.

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 228 Enemys of oure feiþ þat bakbiten or myspeken of vs.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 59 (MED) Gyf noght matere to þe people to mysspeke [L. obloquendi] of þe.

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 130 Who but mis-speaks of thee, hee spets at Heav'n, And his owne spettle in his face is driven.

c. transitive. To speak evil of; to calumniate. 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

1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xxiii. 5 The prince of thy people thou shalt not misspeake.

1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris iii. iii. sig. Cij^v Mispeake not al for his amisse.

a. transitive. To speak about, utter, or pronounce incorrectly; to communicate unclearly or misleadingly. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > utter inarticulately [verb (transitive)]

misspeaka1393

hack1570

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 speech

misspeaka1393

mispronounce1593

missound1599

unpronounce1646

throw1877

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 5 (MED) Of Detraccioun In love, of that I have mispoke, Tel how ye wole it schal be wroke.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 548 (MED) I can noght..finde, That I mispoke have oght behinde, Wherof love owhte be mispaid.

a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 279 (MED) On word myspoken may bryng the yn the myre.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 65 We care not howe we mispeake it, so we haue it to speake.

a1631 J. Donne Let. to M. M. H. in Poems (1654) 177 As a mother which delights to heare Her early childe mis-speake halfe uttered words.

1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey xiv. 238 Thou hast not misspoken aught, nor uttered a word unprofitably.

1992 S. Rose Making of Memory 247 This story..will be in one important sense economical with the truth. Not that I am deliberately distorting or mis-speaking our findings, but because I have selected and imposed an order on the research which suits my theoretical and creative purposes.

b. intransitive. Chiefly U.S. To speak incorrectly, unclearly, or misleadingly.

ΚΠ

1885 Atlantic Monthly July 15/2 He—misspeaks sometimes. He was thinking of—of an older daughter of his?

1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain (London ed.) I. i. 17 His words fell over each other, he often mis-spoke and passed it over with a deprecating wave.

1977 Listener 14 Apr. 477/2 I think I misspoke on that. What I don't want to concentrate on are past blames.

1978 Language 54 392 From the fact that the analysand, who seldom slips, has misspoken, he may infer that he is tired or upset or unable to concentrate.

1986 Times 17 May 8/3 The State Department responded by saying that Reagan had ‘misspoken’.

1988 Boston Globe 1 Nov. 25/5 Any of us who talk so much, as I've done in the course of this conversation, are going to misspeak.

1998 New Yorker 10 Aug. 39/1 I don't mean the way cops misspeak to each other for a purpose, like when P.O. Tony tells his partner, P.O. Mike, ‘Hey, Pete, this guy's O.K.’ and he's really telling Mike that he isn't—that he has a weapon.

c. transitive (reflexive). Chiefly U.S. To fail to convey the meaning one intends by one's words; (euphemistic and humorous) to fail to tell the whole truth.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > express unintelligibly [verb (transitive)]

rabblec1430

jabber1532

gabble1566

gibberish1577

cant1592

garble1879

misspeak1890

rhubarb1962

1890 Cent. Dict. 3798/3 Misspeak, to express improperly or imperfectly; speak otherwise than according to one's intention: used reflexively: as, I misspoke myself.

1894 Congress. Rec. 19 Jan. 1051/1 I simply wanted to bring that matter out plainly... I believe he misspoke himself.

1975 G. V. Higgins City on Hill ii. 53 If I gave that impression, I misspoke myself.

1992 MLN 107 871 Nature will tell us when we misspeak ourselves.

1993 R. Hughes Culture of Complaint i. 41 Oh, well, never mind. Maybe he [sc. Ronald Reagan] just forgot. Or he ‘misspoke himself’.

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

单词	misspeak
释义	misspeakv. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈspiːk/, U.S. /ˌmɪ(s)ˈspik/ Inflections: Past tense misspoke; past participle misspoken; Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and speak v.; also Middle English mispak (past tense), Middle English mispeke, Middle English myspeke, Middle English myspoken (past participle), Middle English 1600s 1900s– mispoke (past participle), 1500s–1600s mispeake. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, speak v. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + speak v. †1. intransitive. To murmur, grumble. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John vi. 41 Murmurabant ergo iudaei de illo quia dixisset ego sum panis qui de caelo discendi : hwæstredon uel missprecon deiglice forðon ða iudeas of him uel ymb hine forðon he cueð ic am hlaf seðe of heofnum ic ofdune stag. †2. a. intransitive. To speak insultingly, improperly, or out of turn; to speak evil. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] misspeakc1225 faltera1533 clutter1654 the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention > speak of obscene things misspeakc1225 c1225 Lofsong Lefdi (Royal) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 305 Ich habbe..Misispeken. c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3139 If that I mysspeke or seye, Wite it the ale of Southwerk. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 934 I me repente, If I mysspak [v.rr. mispak, misspake]. a1500 St. Brendan's Confession (Lamb.) 315 in Geibun Kenkyn 18 (MED) With my tunge I haue mys-tastid and mys-spoke. 1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 764/1 I doe not inferre that it is lawfull for weomen to depraue or mispeake by any means. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. ii. 4 It is not so, thou hast mispoke, misheard. View more context for this quotation b. intransitive. To speak disrespectfully or disparagingly of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > speak disparagingly [verb (intransitive)] diminue1382 misspeaka1393 detract1605 depreciate1666 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 2008 If that I myhte ofherkne..That eny man of hire mispeke. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 228 Enemys of oure feiþ þat bakbiten or myspeken of vs. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 59 (MED) Gyf noght matere to þe people to mysspeke [L. obloquendi] of þe. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 130 Who but mis-speaks of thee, hee spets at Heav'n, And his owne spettle in his face is driven. c. transitive. To speak evil of; to calumniate. 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 1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xxiii. 5 The prince of thy people thou shalt not misspeake. 1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris iii. iii. sig. Cij^v Mispeake not al for his amisse. 3. a. transitive. To speak about, utter, or pronounce incorrectly; to communicate unclearly or misleadingly. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > utter inarticulately [verb (transitive)] misspeaka1393 hack1570 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 speech misspeaka1393 mispronounce1593 missound1599 unpronounce1646 throw1877 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 5 (MED) Of Detraccioun In love, of that I have mispoke, Tel how ye wole it schal be wroke. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 548 (MED) I can noght..finde, That I mispoke have oght behinde, Wherof love owhte be mispaid. a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 279 (MED) On word myspoken may bryng the yn the myre. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 65 We care not howe we mispeake it, so we haue it to speake. a1631 J. Donne Let. to M. M. H. in Poems (1654) 177 As a mother which delights to heare Her early childe mis-speake halfe uttered words. 1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey xiv. 238 Thou hast not misspoken aught, nor uttered a word unprofitably. 1992 S. Rose Making of Memory 247 This story..will be in one important sense economical with the truth. Not that I am deliberately distorting or mis-speaking our findings, but because I have selected and imposed an order on the research which suits my theoretical and creative purposes. b. intransitive. Chiefly U.S. To speak incorrectly, unclearly, or misleadingly. ΚΠ 1885 Atlantic Monthly July 15/2 He—misspeaks sometimes. He was thinking of—of an older daughter of his? 1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain (London ed.) I. i. 17 His words fell over each other, he often mis-spoke and passed it over with a deprecating wave. 1977 Listener 14 Apr. 477/2 I think I misspoke on that. What I don't want to concentrate on are past blames. 1978 Language 54 392 From the fact that the analysand, who seldom slips, has misspoken, he may infer that he is tired or upset or unable to concentrate. 1986 Times 17 May 8/3 The State Department responded by saying that Reagan had ‘misspoken’. 1988 Boston Globe 1 Nov. 25/5 Any of us who talk so much, as I've done in the course of this conversation, are going to misspeak. 1998 New Yorker 10 Aug. 39/1 I don't mean the way cops misspeak to each other for a purpose, like when P.O. Tony tells his partner, P.O. Mike, ‘Hey, Pete, this guy's O.K.’ and he's really telling Mike that he isn't—that he has a weapon. c. transitive (reflexive). Chiefly U.S. To fail to convey the meaning one intends by one's words; (euphemistic and humorous) to fail to tell the whole truth. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > express unintelligibly [verb (transitive)] rabblec1430 jabber1532 gabble1566 gibberish1577 cant1592 garble1879 misspeak1890 rhubarb1962 1890 Cent. Dict. 3798/3 Misspeak, to express improperly or imperfectly; speak otherwise than according to one's intention: used reflexively: as, I misspoke myself. 1894 Congress. Rec. 19 Jan. 1051/1 I simply wanted to bring that matter out plainly... I believe he misspoke himself. 1975 G. V. Higgins City on Hill ii. 53 If I gave that impression, I misspoke myself. 1992 MLN 107 871 Nature will tell us when we misspeak ourselves. 1993 R. Hughes Culture of Complaint i. 41 Oh, well, never mind. Maybe he [sc. Ronald Reagan] just forgot. Or he ‘misspoke himself’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.OE
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