Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: MIR'ZA – MIS-AP-PLY'ING
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MIR'ZA, n. [Persic Emir-zadeh, son of the prince.]
The common style of honor in Persia, preceding the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname it signifies prince.
MIS, n. [a prefix, denotes error, or erroneous, wrong, from the verb miss, to err, to go wrong, Goth. missa; Sax. mis, from missian, to err, to deviate or wander; D. mis, missen; G. miss, missen; Dan. mis, mister; Sw. mis, mista; W. mêth, a failing, a miss; Fr. mes, or me, in composition; It. mis.]
The act of taking or understanding in a wrong sense.
MIS-AD-VEN'TURE, n.
- Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; an unlucky accident.
- In law, homicide by misadventure, is when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another. This is called excusable homicide. Blackstone.
Unfortunate. Shak.
Pertaining to misadventure. [Coleridge. 1841]
MIS-AD-VIS'ED, a. [See Advise.]
Ill advised; ill directed. Johnson.
MIS-AF-FECT', v.t.
To dislike.
MIS-AF-FECT'ED, a.
Ill disposed.
MIS-AF-FIRM', v.t.
To affirm incorrectly.
MIS-AF-FIRM'ED, pp.
Affirmed incorrectly.
MIS-AIM-ED, a.
Not rightly aimed or directed. Spenser.
MIS-AL-LEDGE', v.t. [misallej'.]
To state erroneously.
MIS-AL-LEDG'ED, pp.
Stated erroneously.
Erroneous statement.
MIS-AL-LI'ANCE, a.
Improper association.
MIS-AL-LIED, a.
Ill allied or associated. Burke.
MIS-AL-LOT'MENT, n.
A wrong allotment.
MIS'AN-THROPE, or MIS-AN'THRO-PIST, n. [Gr. μιςανθρωπος, μισεω, to hate, and ανθρωπος, man.]
A hater of mankind. Swift.
MIS-AN-THROP'IC, or MIS-AN-THROP'IC-AL, a.
Hating or having a dislike to mankind. Walsh.
MIS-AN'THRO-PY, n.
Hatred or dislike to mankind; opposed to philanthropy
A wrong application; an application to a wrong person or purpose.
MIS-AP-PLI'ED, pp.
Applied to a wrong person or purpose.
MIS-AP-PLY', v.t.
To apply to a wrong person or purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply our talents or exertions; to misapply public money.
MIS-AP-PLY'ING, ppr.
Applying to a wrong person or purpose.