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mismake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-make
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To unmake; depose.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making.

Transitive verb

verb

To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English mismaken, equivalent to mis- + make. Cognate with Dutch mismaken (“to defeature, deform”), German missmachen (“to fail to make”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mismakes (present, singular) mismaking (participle, present) mismade (participle, past) mismade (past)

Derived Forms

mismade mismaking

Questions

What does mismake mean?
To unmake; depose.
Where does mismake come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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