Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

miscleave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-cle-ave
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cleave wrongly.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From mis- + cleave.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

miscleaves (present, singular) miscleaving (participle, present) miscleft (past) misclove (past) miscleaved (past) miscleft (participle, past) misclove (participle, past) miscleaved (participle, past) miscloven (participle, past)

Questions

What does miscleave mean?
To cleave wrongly.
Where does miscleave come from?
From mis- + cleave.

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