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- misguide (v.)



[misguide 词源字典] - late 14c., "to go astray;" see mis- (1) + guide (v.). Transitive sense of "to guide in the wrong direction" is first attested c. 1500. Related: Misguided; misguiding.[misguide etymology, misguide origin, 英语词源]
- misguided (adj.)




- "erring in purpose or action," 1650s, past participle adjective from misguide (v.). Earlier, "ill-behaved" (late 15c.). Related: Misguidedly; misguidedness.
- mishandle (v.)




- c. 1500, from mis- (1) + handle (v.). Related: Mishandled; mishandling.
- mishap (n.)




- early 14c., "bad luck, unlucky accident," from mis- (1) "bad" + hap "luck." Probably on analogy of Old French meschance (see mischance (n.)).
- mishappen (v.)




- early 14c., from mis- (1) + happen. Related: Mishappened; mishappening.
- mishear (v.)




- Old English mishieran, mishyran "to disobey;" see mis- (1) + hear. Sense of "to hear incorrectly" first recorded early 13c. Related: Misheard; mishearing.
- mishmash (n.)




- also mish-mash, mid-15c., mysse-masche, probably an imitative reduplication of mash (n.).
- Mishnaic (adj.)




- 1718, "of or belonging to the Mishnah," the collection of oral law which forms the basis of the Talmud, from Hebrew, literally "repetition, instruction," from shanah "to repeat," in post-Biblical Hebrew "to teach or learn (oral tradition)."
- misidentification (n.)




- 1858, from mis- (1) + identification.
- misidentify (v.)




- 1895, from mis- (1) + identify. Related: Misidentified; misidentifying.
- misinform (v.)




- late 14c.; see mis- (1) + inform. Related: Misinformed; misinforming.
- misinformation (n.)




- mid-15c., from mis- (1) + information.
- misinformed (adj.)




- mid-15c., past participle adjective from misinform.
- misinterpret (v.)




- 1580s, from mis- (1) + interpret. Related: Misinterpreted; misinterpreting.
- misinterpretation (n.)




- 1570s; see mis- (1) + interpretation.
- misjudge (v.)




- early 15c.; see mis- (1) + judge (v.). Related: Misjudged; misjudging.
- misjudgement (n.)




- see misjudgment.
- misjudgment (n.)




- 1520s, from mis- (1) + judgment.
- mislabel (v.)




- 1865, from mis- (1) + label (v.). Related: Mislabeled; mislabeling.
- mislay (v.)




- c. 1400, from mis- (1) + lay (v.). Related: Mislaid; mislaying.