a-missingadj.

Brit.

/əˈmɪsɪŋ/, U.S.

/əˈmɪsɪŋ/, Scottish English

/əˈmɪsɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s a missing, 1500s– amissing, 1600s amiseing, 1900s– amissin.

Etymology: < the phrase a-missing (a prep.¹ + missing n.¹: see a prep.¹ II., 11), reanalysed as a single word, as if from a verb *amiss . Compare awanting adj.

Formerly chiefly Scottish. Now archaic and regional.

Not present; not to be found; absent; = missing adj. to go a-missing: to go missing (see missing adj. and n.² Phrases).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost > missing

missinga1400

a-missing1590

1590 W. Welwood Sea-law of Scotl. xiv. sig. C. v Tham quha had possessions..suld be answerable for all things quhilke be stouth or reiff in sic miserable caise wer amissing.

1679 J. Kid in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery (1680) 7 A Publick Spirit in contending for God..is much amissing amongst us.

1747 Newcastle Gen. Mag. June 168/1 The Indian Queen, Capt. Reed, which has been so long amissing, and supposed to be lost, was carried into Porto Rico by a French Privateer in January last.

1789 Edinb. Mag. June 428/1 Some of his prepared materials were amissing, and he was a whole day idle before they were found again.

1833 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 7 June In my rough, country way o' thinking, it must be something particularly out o' the common that could tempt Thomas to be amissing.

1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters i. 9 Only his sloop was amissing.

1908 Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 5/7 The ease with which the clumsiest and least mobile articles may go amissing.

1947 Scotsman 6 Jan. 3/5 The body of Thomas Harper (30), miner,..who went amissing on November 29, was found in a stretch of water at Lochore yesterday.

2010 L. Heath Pleasures Notorious Gentleman 316 Spencer reported to Mercy that the silver went a-missing and she had no interest in pursuing the matter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a-missing
释义	a-missingadj. Brit. /əˈmɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈmɪsɪŋ/, Scottish English /əˈmɪsɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s a missing, 1500s– amissing, 1600s amiseing, 1900s– amissin. Etymology: < the phrase a-missing (a prep.¹ + missing n.¹: see a prep.¹ II., 11), reanalysed as a single word, as if from a verb amiss . Compare awanting adj. Formerly chiefly Scottish. Now archaic* and regional. Not present; not to be found; absent; = missing adj. to go a-missing: to go missing (see missing adj. and n.² Phrases). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost > missing missinga1400 a-missing1590 1590 W. Welwood Sea-law of Scotl. xiv. sig. C. v Tham quha had possessions..suld be answerable for all things quhilke be stouth or reiff in sic miserable caise wer amissing. 1679 J. Kid in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery (1680) 7 A Publick Spirit in contending for God..is much amissing amongst us. 1747 Newcastle Gen. Mag. June 168/1 The Indian Queen, Capt. Reed, which has been so long amissing, and supposed to be lost, was carried into Porto Rico by a French Privateer in January last. 1789 Edinb. Mag. June 428/1 Some of his prepared materials were amissing, and he was a whole day idle before they were found again. 1833 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 7 June In my rough, country way o' thinking, it must be something particularly out o' the common that could tempt Thomas to be amissing. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters i. 9 Only his sloop was amissing. 1908 Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 5/7 The ease with which the clumsiest and least mobile articles may go amissing. 1947 Scotsman 6 Jan. 3/5 The body of Thomas Harper (30), miner,..who went amissing on November 29, was found in a stretch of water at Lochore yesterday. 2010 L. Heath Pleasures Notorious Gentleman 316 Spencer reported to Mercy that the silver went a-missing and she had no interest in pursuing the matter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1590
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