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Definition of Misallied
1. a. Wrongly allied or associated.
Definition of Misallied
1. Adjective. Wrongly allied or associated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misallied
1. misally [v] - See also: misally
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misallied
Literary usage of Misallied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Dp. Hurd, Chivalry and Romance, vili. misallied (mis-a-Hd'), a. [< »wie-1 + allied.
... A misallied and disparaged branch of the house of Mm- rod. ..."
2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1900)
"The prince can make no such offers ; he cannot wed her : ' The blood of Borbone,'
he says,' may not be thus misallied.' He determines to avoid her. ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"They are a misallied and disparaged branch of the house of Nimrod. They are the
Duke of Bedford's natural hunters; and he is their natural game. ..."
4. A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Edward Gray, Juan L. Iribas (1902)
"Misántropo, el que huye y aborrece el trato y compañía de IOH hombres.
misallied [mlB-al-laia'], a. Lo que forma una unión ó asociación impropia é irregular ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"The Prince can make no such offers; he cannot wed her : ' The blood of Borbone,'
he says, 'may not be thus misallied.' He determines to avoid her. ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1850)
"... sweeps away the money which the Marchioness lied and flattered, and Gaston
misallied himself, to obtain. These four persons return to Brittany, ..."
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