mischoose

English

Etymology

From Middle English mischeosen, mischesen, equivalent to mis- +‎ choose.

Verb

mischoose (third-person singular simple present mischooses, present participle mischoosing, simple past mischose, past participle mischosen)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To choose incorrectly or badly; to make a wrong choice.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

     Up to a certain point he was a free agent , he could choose his path ; he mischose it , and he was in the toils of necessity

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mischoose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• smoochies