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单词 misword
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miswordn.

Brit. /ˈmɪsˌwəːd/, U.S. /ˈmɪsˌwərd/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and word n.; also English regional (west midlands) 1800s– missword.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, word n.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + word n. Compare miss adj. N.E.D. (1907) indicates the stress as misˈword.
Now English regional.
A harsh, angry, or cross word.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > angry speech
misword?c1225
hard words1583
storm1602
bark1663
warmth1710
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 143 An mis word [c1230 Corpus Cambr. amis word] þet ȝe þolieþ.
a1350 (?c1280) Conception of Mary (Ashm.) 190 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 74 (MED) Heo nas neuer iseie wroþ, ne enes liȝynge gon, Ne no misword enes segge.
c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Douce) (1904) iii. 9 Beþ alle of o wylle..not ȝeldynge euyl for euyl, or mysword for mysword.
1485 in Yorks. Archaeol. Soc., Rec. Ser. (1909) 41 4 Nether this deponent herd any myswordes betwix any persons ther.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 145 Where..the Tirants swoord Is not made drunke with blood, for a Miss-woord.
1607 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) I. sig. G2 I haue receiued your snappish letter, whereby I see you are more angry, then I thought you would haue bin for a misword or two.
1661 T. Rugge Annuall Diurnall Sept. in BL Add. MS 10116 f. 77 The wrightinge in golden letters..was washed out by a kind of a painter..not a miss word said to him.
1801 W. Huntington Bank of Faith 88 Not one creditor ever gave me a miss word in this world.
1824 L. L. Cameron Pink Tippet ii. 33 If a miss word was said by chance, she would never let it drop.
1872 Mrs. H. Wood Within Maze i Not a mis-word would ever have arisen between them.
a1903 E. H. Goddard in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 135/1 [Wiltshire] He bin living wi' I dree year and he hant never give me a misword.
1971 L. P. Hartley Mrs. Carteret Receives (1973) 676 During the years that he and Copperthwaite had been together they had got on very well—not a ‘misword’ between them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

miswordv.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈwəːd/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈwərd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, word v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + word v. Compare earlier miswording n., misworded adj.
rare.
transitive. To express or word incorrectly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > word wrongly
misword1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Mis-word The telegram was misworded.
2001 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. (Nexis) 3 May c7 Just because they misworded the ballot doesn't mean they should not still adhere to the ballot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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