Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misbrew

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-brew
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To brew incorrectly.

Example Sentences

"For this reason, green tea is frequently misbrewed, misunderstood, and thus not the tea of choice that it might otherwise be."
"That winter led, naturally, to the Olde GnarlyWine release, which the following year was accidentally-on-purpose misbrewed into Brown Shugga' when a flock of one-pound C&H brown sugar boxes found their way into the kettle following my incorect specification of the malt bill."
"“Finally misbrew a potion?” Nan chuckled."

Etymology

From mis- + brew.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misbrews (present, singular) misbrewing (participle, present) misbrewed (participle, past) misbrewed (past)

Questions

What does misbrew mean?: To brew incorrectly.
Where does misbrew come from?: From mis- + brew.

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