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miswant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-want
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To want (something) even though it will probably lead to one's own harm or unhappiness (e.g. an addictive drug).

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English want English miswant From mis- + want.

Usage

Inflected Forms

miswants (present, singular) miswanting (participle, present) miswanted (participle, past) miswanted (past)

Frequently Paired Words

miswanting miswanted

Questions

What does miswant mean?
To want (something) even though it will probably lead to one's own harm or unhappiness (e.g. an addictive drug).
Where does miswant come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English want English miswant From mis- + want.

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