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Mis-

Mis-

(mĭs-)
.
[In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS.
mis-
; akin to D.
mis-
, G.
miss-
, OHG.
missa-
,
missi-
, Icel. & Dan.
mis-
, Sw.
miss-
, Goth.
missa-
; orig., a p. p. from the root of G.
meiden
to shun, OHG.
mīdan
, AS.
mīðan
(√100. Cf.
Miss
to fail of). In words from the French, fr. OF.
mes-
, F.
mé-
,
mes-
, fr. L.
minus
less (see
Minus
). In present usage these two prefixes are commonly confounded.]
A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of
amiss
,
wrong
,
ill
,
wrongly
,
unsuitably
;
as,
mis
deed,
mis
lead,
mis
chief,
mis
creant
.