Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misspit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-spit
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To spit badly, such as missing the location where one is aiming.

Example Sentences

"Richer than all the Orient In gold and glory, in want and woe, In self-denial and days misspent, In truth and treason in good and guilt, In ivied ruins and altars low, In battered walls and blood misspit— Glorious, gory Mexico."
"That my living room would no longer be littered with misspit watermelon seeds."
"The stench of stale beer, acrid cigar smoke, spilt whiskey, and misspat plugs of chewing tobacco pawed her, leaving the sticky grime of a thousand miners' hands."

Etymology

From mis- + spit.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misspits (present, singular) misspitting (participle, present) misspat (participle, past) misspat (past)

Questions

What does misspit mean?: To spit badly, such as missing the location where one is aiming.
Where does misspit come from?: From mis- + spit.

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