Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misliver

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-liv-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who leads an evil or sinful life.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"And as the huſbande ys heed over his wife: even ſo hath he commaundmente to rule hyr appetites and is damned yf he ſofre hyr to be an whore ãd a miſſe lyver / oꝛ ſubmit hymſelfe to hyr and make hir his heed."
"Yet the bishops who responded to the Commons' Supplication, while acutely sensitive in general to any assault on 'the laws of the church for repression of sin and reformation of 'mislivers', hardly seem to have appreciated the potential effects of this particular line of attack, blandly observing that 'a better provision cannot be devised than is already devised by the clergy, in our opinion."

Etymology

From Middle English myslyver, equivalent to mislive + -er.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: myslyver

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

mislivers (plural)

Questions

What does misliver mean?: One who leads an evil or sinful life.
Where does misliver come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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