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miseducate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mise-d-u-cate
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To educate wrongly.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English educate English miseducate From mis- + educate.

Inflected Forms

miseducates (present, singular) miseducating (participle, present) miseducated (participle, past) miseducated (past)

Derived Forms

miseducator

Questions

What does miseducate mean?
To educate wrongly.
Where does miseducate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English educate English miseducate From mis- + educate.

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