Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-sell
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sell something wrongly or fraudulently.

Transitive verb

adj

Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The company is accused of misselling insurance policies."
"HS2 has never had that. It was missold, misnamed and misconceived. It was promoted as a piece of engineering, rather than as a vital part of the railway."

Etymology

From mis- + sell.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis
Root: mesel, misellus

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

missells (present, singular) misselling (participle, present) missold (participle, past) missold (past) missells (plural)

Questions

What does missell mean?: To sell something wrongly or fraudulently.
Where does missell come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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