Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misride

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-ride
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ride badly or wrongly.

Example Sentences

"A glance suffices to tell him if a horse has been "stiffened," and clever indeed must that jockey be who can pull or misride a horse without his eager eye detecting him."
"It is as if a man came to me and said: "I present you with this horse, which is likely a Derby winner", and I, in possession of a racing stable, were to turn to my grooms and jockeys and say: “How can we lame it, break its wind or misride it so that one of my worn-out old cab horses will not be out-classed?""
"At such a time, you couldn't spur him or misride him to the wrong spot with the strength of Superman."

Etymology

From mis- + ride.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misrides (present, singular) misriding (participle, present) misrode (past) misridden (participle, past)

Questions

What does misride mean?: To ride badly or wrongly.
Where does misride come from?: From mis- + ride.

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