misdo

English

Etymology

From Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- +‎ do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈduː/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -uː

Verb

misdo (third-person singular simple present misdoes, present participle misdoing, simple past misdid, past participle misdone)

(archaic, intransitive) To do evil; to commit misdeeds.
Synonyms: damage, harm; see also Thesaurus:do evil
(transitive) To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
Synonyms: err, mess up; see also Thesaurus:make a mistake
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 57:
  Afford me place to ſhew what recompence / Towards thee I intend for what I have miſdone, […]
(archaic, transitive) To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
Synonyms: damage, harm; see also Thesaurus:harm
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book V:
  thēne cam out a duchesse / & Clarysyn the countesse with many ladyes & damoysels / and knelyng bifore kynge Arthur requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte / & not to take it by assaulte for thenne shold many gyltles be slayne / thēne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble coūtenaūce / & said madame ther shal none of my subgettys mysdoo you ne your maydens
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Derived terms

misdoer

Translations

(intransitive)

Spanish: malfacer (dated), hacer mal, hacer malamente

Anagrams

Modis, mo-dis, odism

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmis.doː/, [ˈmiz.doː]

Verb

misdō

inflection of misdōn: