mysspeken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mys-speken, misspeken, mispeken

Etymology

From mis- +‎ speken, or perhaps continuing Old English *misspecan, missprecan.

Verb

mysspeken (third-person singular simple present mysspeketh, present participle mysspekende, first-/third-person singular past indicative mysspak, past participle mysspoken)

1. to misspeak (make an error while speaking)

Descendants

• English: misspeak