mishope
/mɪsˈhəʊp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This tree was defective in both, yielding nothing but an empty shade to the mishoping traveller."
- "Not destitute of love to God or Man; But with a serpent's quiet, hissing, hate, To whoso misbelieves, misdeems, mishopes; Nor sparing God himself, if God should spare, Nor loving whoso deems His name is Love, Nor speaking truly of who seeks but truth."
- "It was then that Hector was sure that he had won, mishoping, misreading her erotic fervor for a deeper devotion; for he was too young and ignorant to know that she was not acting or dissembling but rather offering herself to his pure and towering want, […]"
- "I was nearhand in utter mishope."
- "People who are older must know that as life advances it is only a series of hopes and mishopes with something infinite pulling them toward the end."
- "“Mishope?” What sort of a name was that? The ton was prone to bestowing nicknames on people he knew, but mishope?"
Etymology
From Middle English mishopen, equivalent to mis- + hope (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishopen, Middle High German missehoffen, Middle Swedish mishoppa.