misdesert

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ desert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsdəˌzɜː(ɹ)t/

Noun

misdesert (plural misdeserts)

1. (obsolete) The state or fact of deserving bad things. [16th–19th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     My haplesse case
     Is not occasiond through my misdesert,
     But through misfortune […]

Anagrams

• demisters