单词 | miswin |
释义 | † miswinv. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. Perhaps: to toil wrongly.In quot. mistakenly glossing Latin elaborare. ΚΠ OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke Pref. Ne uel hereticis fabulis et stultis sollicitudinibus seducti excederunt a ueritate elaboraret : þætte ne uel uel æc to-sliterum sagum & unwislicum gemnisum besuicceno uel gemerredo foerdon from soðfæstnise þætte miswunne. 2. transitive. To obtain wrongfully. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by irregular means miswinc1400 sorn1563 shirk1635 sponge1676 whizzle1787 mooch1865 honeyfuggle1905 hot-stuff1914 scrounge1917 hum1918 ponce1938 organize1941 bludge1944 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. 42 Of þat men mys-wonne, þei made hem wel at ese. 1616 W. S. in T. Overbury et al. His Wife, with New Elegies (7th impr.) sig. ¶6v As if the day Were come wherein another Phaeton Stolne into Phœbus waine, had all misse-won A cleane contrary way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.OE |
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