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misword
UK /ˌmɪsˈwɜːd/ US /ˌmɪsˈwɚd/
verb 1noun 1
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3VERB + MISWORD
speak
MISWORD + NOUN
'usband
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
verb
1
To word incorrectly.
I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.
noun
1
An insult.
He then came down, took away his ladder, not a misword said to him, and by whose order it was done was not then known.
And, as for yourself, Master Matthew, why I 've known you these fifty years, and never heard man, woman, or child speak a misword of you in my life.
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I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.
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He then came down, took away his ladder, not a misword said to him, and by whose order it was done was not then known.
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And, as for yourself, Master Matthew, why I 've known you these fifty years, and never heard man, woman, or child speak a misword of you in my life.
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A woman who used to work in my house told me that she 'never 'ad a misword with her 'usband.'
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