Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missight

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-sight
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sight proved to be wrong; an instance of seeing something that turned out to be something else or nothing at all.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Perhaps this — whatever it was — was just a missight, so to speak, because her eyes weren't working properly."

Etymology

From mis- + sight.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does missight mean?: Sight proved to be wrong; an instance of seeing something that turned out to be something else or nothing at all.
Where does missight come from?: From mis- + sight.

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