英和和英

語源

From mis- +‎ grace.

発音

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈɡɹeɪs/
• 韻: -eɪs

動詞

misgrace (三人称単数 現在形 misgraces, 現在分詞 misgracing, 過去形および過去分詞形 misgraced)

1. (transitive) To grace or treat wrongly; disgrace; offend; ill-treat; disrespect
   • 1856, Homer, Francis William Newman, The Iliad of Homer:

     He into Troas sent me forth, and many charges gave me, Alway to be preeminent, and play the chief to others, Nor to misgrace my fathers' breed, who foremost were in valour Alike in Argive Ephyra and Lycia's expanses.

   • 1959, William F. McDermott, The best of McDermott: selected writings - Page 252:

     In my chautauqua days, happily long since passed, I used frequently to misgrace the public platform and it was frequently my pleasant chore to introduce John Mason Brown.

名詞

misgrace (複数形 not attested)

1. disgrace
   • 1879, Lady Augusta Noel, From Generation to Generation - Volume 1 - Page 136:

     [...] — but 'tis a misgrace that you have but the one."

   • 1901, Hāfiz, John Payne, Villon Society, The Poems of Shemseddin Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz:

     On such wise have they burned Me, taper-like, that o'er me The cup wept and the lyre Lament for my misgrace made.

   • 2010, Peg Kingman, Original Sins: A Novel of Slavery & Freedom - Page 39:

     [...] Grace,” said Grace peevishly. “I do not like it. I never have liked it. It sounds like misgrace. Disgrace.”

アナグラム

• Græcism, Megarics, graecism, grimaces