Definition of Missay

1. v. t. To say wrongly.

2. v. i. To speak ill.

Definition of Missay

1. Verb. (transitive archaic) To speak ill of (someone). ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To say something erroneous; to speak wrongly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Missay

1. to say incorrectly [v -SAID, -SAYING, -SAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Missay

miss a trick
miss fire
miss out
miss the boat
miss the mark
miss the point
missa
missable
missae
missaid
missal
missalette
missalettes
missals
missaw
missay (current term)
missaying
missays
misscanned
misseat
misseated
misseating
misseats
missed
missed abortion
missed approach
missed labour
missee
misseeing

Literary usage of Missay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"Ruddy and pale, to me are known, And Death that endeth all our care: 1 know all save myself alone. BALLAD AGAINST THOSE WHO missay OF FRANCE CT him meet ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Far liefer had I fight a score of times Than hear thee so missay me and revile. Tennyson, Garetti and I.> nette. 3f. To reproach ; rebuke. ..."

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