mishope
English
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editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English mishopen, equivalent to mis- + hope (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishopen, Middle High German missehoffen, Middle Swedish mishoppa.
Verb
editmishope (third-person singular simple present mishopes, present participle mishoping, simple past and past participle mishoped) (obsolete or nonstandard)
- (transitive) To fail to hope (in); hope amiss; lose hope; despair.
- 1846, Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the historical passages of the Old and New Testament:
- This tree was defective in both, yielding nothing but an empty shade to the mishoping traveller.
- 1870, Rowland Williams, Owen Glendower:
- Not destitute of love to God or Man; But with a serpent's quiet, hissing, hate, To whoso misbelieves, misdeems, mishopes; Nor sparing God himself, if God should spare, Nor loving whoso deems His name is Love, Nor speaking truly of who seeks but truth.
- 2010, Chang-rae Lee, The Surrendered:
- It was then that Hector was sure that he had won, mishoping, misreading her erotic fervor for a deeper devotion; for he was too young and ignorant to know that she was not acting or dissembling but rather offering herself to his pure and towering want, […]
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English mishope, equivalent to mis- + hope (noun). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishope, Middle Swedish mishop.
Noun
editmishope (countable and uncountable, plural mishopes) (obsolete or nonstandard)
- despair; a hope not realised.
- 1888, Emily Sarah Holt, In convent walls:
- I was nearhand in utter mishope.
- 1919, Daniel Carson Goodman, The taker:
- People who are older must know that as life advances it is only a series of hopes and mishopes with something infinite pulling them toward the end.
- 2005, Anne Gracie, The Perfect Waltz:
- “Mishope?” What sort of a name was that? The ton was prone to bestowing nicknames on people he knew, but mishope?
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