misbid
English edit
Etymology edit
From the fusion of Middle English misbidden (to mistreat; equivalent to mis- + bid) and Middle English misbeden (“to mistreat; abuse; outrage; offend; insult”), from Old English misbēodan (“to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, announce wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + bid (“to offer, declare”).
Pronunciation edit
- (verb) IPA(key): /mɪsˈbɪd/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (noun) IPA(key): /ˈmɪsbɪd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪd
Verb edit
misbid (third-person singular simple present misbids, present participle misbidding, simple past misbid or misbad or misbade, past participle misbidden)
- (transitive, obsolete) To injure; mistreat.
- (transitive, obsolete) To insult; offend.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make an incorrect offer or bid.
- 1988, Madeleine M. Leininger, Care, discovery and uses in clinical and community nursing:
- I did my bids for that month and I misbid, and I bid all weekends.
- (transitive, intransitive, card games) To bid incorrectly; bid higher or lower than actual.
- 2004, Jim Priebe, Takeout Double: A Bridge Mystery:
- After apologizing profusely for his errors on the first two hands, he misbid the last hand and they ended up in fifth place.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
misbid (plural misbids)
- An incorrect bid or offer.