英和和英

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsˈwɜːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsˈwɚd/

動詞

misword (三人称単数 現在形 miswords, 現在分詞 miswording, 過去形および過去分詞形 misworded)

1. (transitive) To word incorrectly.

   I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.

同意語

• misphrase
• misstate

語源 2

From Middle English mysword; equivalent to mis- +‎ word.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsˌwɜːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsˌwɚd/

名詞

misword (複数形 miswords)

1. (obsolete, in later use dialectal) An insult.
   • 1659-1661, Thomas Rugge, Diurnal‎^[1]:

     He then came down, took away his ladder, not a misword said to him, and by whose order it was done was not then known.

   • 1846, “The Young Market-Woman”, in Belford Regis; Or, Sketches of a Country Town‎^[2], Richard Bentley, page 237:

     And, as for yourself, Master Matthew, why I 've known you these fifty years, and never heard man, woman, or child speak a misword of you in my life.

   • 1934, Alfred Allen Brockington, Mysticism and Poetry on a Basis of Experience‎^[3], Kennikat Press, page 24:

     A woman who used to work in my house told me that she 'never 'ad a misword with her 'usband.'