Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misturn

/mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-turn
IPA: /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.

Transitive verb

verb

To go wrong; make a wrong turn.

Intransitive verb

noun

Example Sentences

"At one of the dim cross-roads they had made a misturn, and were now wandering around without the slightest notion of where they were going."
"They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other."

Etymology

From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- + turn.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis
Root: misturnen

Usage

Inflected Forms

misturns (present, singular) misturning (participle, present) misturned (participle, past) misturned (past) misturns (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce misturn?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/.
What does misturn mean?: To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
Where does misturn come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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