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mistime

Meaningturn out badly

Common meaning: do something at an unsuitable time

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishmistimian‘turn out badly’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsturn out badly → happen amissmistimen‘happen amiss’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftshappen amiss → do something at an unsuitable timemistime‘do something at an unsuitable time’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English mistimian ‘turn out badly’.

Roots

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