mislook

English edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /mɪsˈlʊk/

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English misloken, equivalent to mis- +‎ look.

Verb edit

mislook (third-person singular simple present mislooks, present participle mislooking, simple past and past participle mislooked)

(intransitive) To sin by looking.
(transitive) To look unfavorably on.
(transitive) To miss in searching; mislay or lose temporarily; neglectively overlook.
- 2005, James Bamford, A Pretext For War:
  “We shared that with the FBI,” said Robert Delfin, Chief of Intelligence command for the Philippine National Police. “They may have mislooked and didn't appreciate the info coming from the Philippine police.
(transitive) To look incorrectly or amiss.
- 1977, Israeli Institute for Poetics and Semiotics, Makhon ha-Yiśreʼeli le-poʼeṭiḳah ṿe-semyoṭiḳah ʻal-shem Porṭer, PTL.:
  To look for "organic form" or for active conflict ultimately resolved, "all passion spent," is to mislook.

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English mislok, mysloke, equivalent to mis- +‎ look.

Noun edit

mislook (uncountable)

(very rare) Sinful looking.
- 1975, Patrick J. Gallacher, Love, the word, and Mercury: A Reading of John Gower's Confessio Amantis:
  The story of Perseus and Medusa contains a suggestion of how to overcome the evils of "Mislook" in that Perseus is victorious through his use of the shield of Pallas and the sword of Mercury.

Anagrams edit

Kimolos, lookism