Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misswallow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-s-wal-low
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To swallow incorrectly.

Example Sentences

"If the sensory branches of the laryngeal nerve (superior laryngeal nerve) are paralysed, the danger is great, for the patients, owing to the abolished reflex action, are prone to misswallow (dysphagia) , and become subject to "foreign body pneumonia.""
"Thus, hemiplegic patients are hemiplegic in deglutitory movements also and are ready to misswallow."
"He looked up the embankment directly at Vera and then through Vera at Lach, who misswallowed his drink and was coughing by the time Vera reached him."
"I misswallow some of my own wine and am left coughing."
"Old Path's drinking noises turned to bubbling as he misswallowed."

Etymology

From mis- + swallow.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misswallows (present, singular) misswallowing (participle, present) misswallowed (participle, past) misswallowed (past)

Questions

What does misswallow mean?: To swallow incorrectly.
Where does misswallow come from?: From mis- + swallow.

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