missis
English edit
Noun edit
missis (plural missises)
- (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of missus, representing African-American Vernacular English.
- 1878, quoted 2001, from a song by James Bland, an African American songwriter for minstrel shows, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). p. 192.
- Massa and missis have lone gone before me.
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Passion”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 341:
- A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage.
- 1878, quoted 2001, from a song by James Bland, an African American songwriter for minstrel shows, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). p. 192.
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
missis
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmis.siːs/, [ˈmɪs̠ːiːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmis.sis/, [ˈmisːis]
Participle edit
missīs