mishopeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈhəʊp/

語源 1

From Middle English mishopen, equivalent to mis- +‎ hope (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishopen, Middle High German missehoffen, Middle Swedish mishoppa.

動詞

mishope (三人称単数 現在形 mishopes, 現在分詞 mishoping, 過去形および過去分詞形 mishoped) (廃れた用法 または 一般的ではない用法)

1. (transitive) To fail to hope (in); hope amiss; lose hope; despair.
   • 1846, Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the historical passages of the Old and New Testament:

     This tree was defective in both, yielding nothing but an empty shade to the mishoping traveller.

   • 1870, Rowland Williams, Owen Glendower:

     Not destitute of love to God or Man; But with a serpent's quiet, hissing, hate, To whoso misbelieves, misdeems, mishopes; Nor sparing God himself, if God should spare, Nor loving whoso deems His name is Love, Nor speaking truly of who seeks but truth.

   • 2010, Chang-rae Lee, The Surrendered:

     It was then that Hector was sure that he had won, mishoping, misreading her erotic fervor for a deeper devotion; for he was too young and ignorant to know that she was not acting or dissembling but rather offering herself to his pure and towering want, […]

語源 2

From Middle English mishope, equivalent to mis- +‎ hope (noun). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishope, Middle Swedish mishop.

名詞

mishope (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 mishopes) (廃れた用法 または 一般的ではない用法)

1. despair; a hope not realised.
   • 1888, Emily Sarah Holt, In convent walls:

     I was nearhand in utter mishope.

   • 1919, Daniel Carson Goodman, The taker:

     People who are older must know that as life advances it is only a series of hopes and mishopes with something infinite pulling them toward the end.

   • 2005, Anne Gracie, The Perfect Waltz:

     “Mishope?” What sort of a name was that? The ton was prone to bestowing nicknames on people he knew, but mishope?

アナグラム

• Opheims