Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misseek

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-seek
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To seek for wrongly.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And yet the thing that most is your desire, / Ye do misseek, with more travail and care!"
"Still this doctrine must be extended further: for thereby we gather generally that God is missought under outward shapes, which have no likeness or affinity to his heavenly glory."
"Yet, when missought, she is often found, and when unexpected, often obtained; while those who seek for her most diligently, fail the most because they seek her where she is not."
"What missought pleasure or ill-timed errand could have brought them out on such a night?"

Etymology

From mis- + seek.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

misseeks (present, singular) misseeking (participle, present) missought (participle, past) missought (past)

Questions

What does misseek mean?: To seek for wrongly.
Where does misseek come from?: From mis- + seek.

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