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mislie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-lie
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lie awkwardly, uncomfortably, or amiss.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English mislien, mislyen, equivalent to mis- + lie.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mislies (present, singular) mislying (participle, present) mislay (past) mislain (participle, past)

Questions

What does mislie mean?
To lie awkwardly, uncomfortably, or amiss.
Where does mislie come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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