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Definition of Missay
1. v. t. To say wrongly.
2. v. i. To speak ill.
Definition of Missay
1. Verb. (transitive archaic) To speak ill of (someone). ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To say something erroneous; to speak wrongly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Missay
1. to say incorrectly [v -SAID, -SAYING, -SAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Missay
Literary usage of Missay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"Ruddy and pale, to me are known, And Death that endeth all our care: 1 know all
save myself alone. BALLAD AGAINST THOSE WHO missay OF FRANCE CT him meet ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Far liefer had I fight a score of times Than hear thee so missay me and revile.
Tennyson, Garetti and I.> nette. 3f. To reproach ; rebuke. ..."
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