misgreet
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To greet wrongly; (by extension) to affront or insult
Example Sentences
- "If any of the gild misgreet another, let him pay a syster of honey, unless with two friends he can clear himself."
- "He said with slow contempt, " I grant that it is well fitting the Gainer's deeds that his men should flinch from the light — " " Misgreet me not," the mocking voice interrupted."
- "Tears poured forth by lovers at His adored feet, Are pearls ; though we're used them as tears to misgreet."
Etymology
From Middle English *misgreten, from Old English misgrētan (“to affront; insult”), equivalent to mis- + greet.