mistrow

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈtɹəʊ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English mistrowen, mistreowen, from Old English *mistrēowan, mistrīwan (“to mistrust”), equivalent to mis- +‎ trow. Cognate with Dutch mistrouwen (“to mistrust”), German misstrauen (“to mistrust”), Icelandic mistrúa (“to mistrow, mistrust”).

Verb

mistrow (third-person singular simple present mistrows, present participle mistrowing, simple past and past participle mistrowed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To mistrust; distrust; doubt.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To think wrongly.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To doubt; mistrust.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mistrowe, from mistrowen (“to mistrust”). See above.

Noun

mistrow (plural mistrows)

1. (obsolete) Mistrust.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “mistrow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)