misdeed
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English misdede, from Old English misdǣd (“misdeed”), from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“mis-”), *dēdiz (“deed, act”), equivalent to mis- + deed. Cognate with Scots misded (“misdeed”), West Frisian misdied (“misdeed”), Dutch misdaad (“misdeed”), German Missetat (“misdeed”), Swedish missdåd (“misdeed”), Gothic (missadēþs, “misdeed”). More at mis-, deed.
[edit] Noun
misdeed (plural misdeeds)
- That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
- The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.
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something wrong done
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- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
