misgo
/mɪsˈɡəʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A miscarriage or abortion
Example Sentences
- "Brother Samson, in the time of the Antipopes, had been sent to Rome on business; and, returning successful, was too late,—the business had all misgone in the interim!"
- "Let those pity her who can feel their own weakness and misgoing."
- "[…] my hand came in contact with a lot of curly hair, and by the shriek which greeted my ear, I was conshus^([sic]) that I had made a misgo, and was clutchin a womans water-fall."
- "“Esquire! Lucky it didn't make a misgo of it, superscribed like that — Here — it's yourn!”"
- "And when the hemorrhage is checked they will often insist that they have had a "misgo" or abortion."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: misgon