michery

English

Etymology

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Noun

michery (plural micheries)

1. (obsolete) Theft; cheating.

References

• “michery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Noun

michery (plural micherys)

1. michery
   • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     She said him, that she wolde have
     Upon the nightes michery

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