misword

verb, noun — 2 senses

misword

verb

UK /ˌmɪsˈwɜːd/ · US /ˌmɪsˈwɚd/

Etymology From mis- + word; formed separately from Etymology 2.

1

To word incorrectly.

I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.

Related terms: misspeak, mistalk

misword

noun

UK /ˈmɪsˌwɜːd/ · US /ˈmɪsˌwɚd/

Etymology From Middle English mysword; equivalent to mis- + word.

1

Obsolete, In later use dialectal An insult.

He then came down, took away his ladder, not a misword said to him, and by whose order it was done was not then known.1659-1661, Thomas Rugge, Diurnal:
And, as for yourself, Master Matthew, why I 've known you these fifty years, and never heard man, woman, or child speak a misword of you in my life.1846, “The Young Market-Woman”, in Belford Regis; Or, Sketches of a Country Town, Richard Bentley, page 237:

1 more example

A woman who used to work in my house told me that she 'never 'ad a misword with her 'usband.'1934, Alfred Allen Brockington, Mysticism and Poetry on a Basis of Experience, Kennikat Press, page 24:

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