misdo
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- + do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /mɪsˈduː/
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Verb
editmisdo (third-person singular simple present misdoes, present participle misdoing, simple past misdid, past participle misdone)
- (archaic, intransitive) To do evil; to commit misdeeds.
- (transitive) To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 57:
- Afford me place to ſhew what recompence / Towards thee I intend for what I have miſdone, […]
- (archaic, transitive) To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book V:
- thēne cam out a duchesse / & Clarysyn the countesse with many ladyes & damoysels / and knelyng bifore kynge Arthur requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte / & not to take it by assaulte for thenne shold many gyltles be slayne / thēne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble coūtenaūce / & said madame ther shal none of my subgettys mysdoo you ne your maydens
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