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mislive

/mɪsˈlɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-live
IPA
/mɪsˈlɪv/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly.

Etymology

From Middle English misliven, from Old English mislibban (“to lead a bad life”), equivalent to mis- + live.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: misliven, mislibban

Inflected Forms

mislives (present, singular) misliving (participle, present) mislived (participle, past) mislived (past)

Derived Forms

mislived misliver misliving

Questions

How do you pronounce mislive?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈlɪv/.
What does mislive mean?
To lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly.
Where does mislive come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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