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Etymology

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From Middle English misgon, equivalent to mis- +‎ go.

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Verb

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misgo (third-person singular simple present misgoes, present participle misgoing, simple past miswent, past participle misgone)

  1. (intransitive, now rare or dialect) To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.

Noun

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misgo (plural misgoes)

  1. An error or mistake
    • 1870, Punchinello, volumes 1-2, page 203:
      [] my hand came in contact with a lot of curly hair, and by the shriek which greeted my ear, I was conshus[sic] that I had made a misgo, and was clutchin a womans water-fall.
    • 1886, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, The Gayworthys, page 205:
      “Esquire! Lucky it didn't make a misgo of it, superscribed like that — Here — it's yourn!”
  2. A miscarriage or abortion
    • 1881, Rodney Glisan, Text Book of Modern Midwifery, page 79:
      And when the hemorrhage is checked they will often insist that they have had a "misgo" or abortion.

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