Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misbearing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-bear-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

bearing amiss, especially as pertaining to one's conduct; misconduct

Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of misbear

Example Sentences

"Your letters of July and October 1689 are come well to hand, and I am very glad to hear of your welfare, as also that there is a way discovered of sending letters with much more security of not misbearing, than heretofore, for truly it cannot but be a desirable thing for friends to converse one with another, the which, when it cannot be personal, as ours cannot."

Etymology

From Middle English misbering, misberinge, equivalent to misbear + -ing.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: misbering
Suffix: misbear

Usage

Questions

What does misbearing mean?: bearing amiss, especially as pertaining to one's conduct; misconduct
Where does misbearing come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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