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Webster 1913 Edition
Mis-
Mis-
(mĭs-)
. [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS.
mis-
; akin to D. mis-
, G. miss-
, OHG. missa-
, missi-
, Icel. & Dan. mis-
, Sw. miss-
, Goth. missa-
; orig., a p. p. from the root of G. meiden
to shun, OHG. mīdan
, AS. mīðan
(√100. Cf. Miss
to fail of). In words from the French, fr. OF. mes-
, F. mé-
, mes-
, fr. L. minus
less (see Minus
). In present usage these two prefixes are commonly confounded.] A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of
amiss
, wrong
, ill
, wrongly
, unsuitably
; as,
. mis
deed, mis
lead, mis
chief, mis
creant