Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misask

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-ask
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Mr. Morris. Did that include the five seamen now in Moscow? I may have misasked the question then."
"As Godot marks its sixtieth year in the repertory of world drama and as Beckett criticism itself likewise marks some sixty plus years of existence, we might ask ourselves, readers and spectators of Beckett's oeuvre, whether or not we have been mis-asking questions about Beckett's art."

Etymology

From Middle English *misasken (suggested by derivative misasked), equivalent to mis- + ask.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis
Root: *misasken

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

misasks (present, singular) misasking (participle, present) misasked (participle, past) misasked (past) mis-ask (alternative)

Questions

What does misask mean?: to ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly
Where does misask come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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