单词 | misaddress |
释义 | misaddress in British English (ˌmɪsəˈdrɛs) verb (transitive) 1. to address incorrectly 2. to address (a person) improperly misaddress in American English (ˌmɪsəˈdres) transitive verbWord forms: -dressed or -drest, -dressing to address incorrectly or improperly to misaddress a letter Word origin [1640–50; mis-1 + address]This word is first recorded in the period 1640–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: electric, elevator, generator, impulse, sludgemis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust |
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