mislight
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To deceive or lead astray with a false light.
verb
To light improperly.
noun
An error in projection in which the projected image is a combination of two frames.
Example Sentences
- "No Will-o'-th'-Wisp mislight thee, Nor snake or slow-worm bite thee; But on, on thy way, Not making a stay, Since ghost there is none to affright thee."
- "Twitches of a smile mislight up her face."
- "And I hold such in derision; They are spell-bound and mislighted by Reason."
- "Such glassware , with lights so arranged , usually allows about as much light to pass downward through the glass (transmitted) as is reflected or diffused upwards , and almost invariably interiors mislighted in this way are recognizable by bright spots of light directly above the fixture on the ceiling , with intermediate dark spaces giving a spotty and unattractive effect."
- "If the laboratory makes a mistake and “mislights" a scene, they will stand the loss of making it over."
- "In either type of printer, if a single shift is passed over accidentally, the whole of the rest of the reel will be mislighted."