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▪ I. misˈcast, n.
[mis-1 4.]
†1. Miscalculation. Obs.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 210 That their private ambitions, feares and miscasts did drive them to make so abiect..a choyce.
2. Theatr. An actor or actress who is miscast (see miscast v. 4); an instance of miscasting.
1907G. B. Shaw Lett. to G. Barker (1956) 81 Barker was capable of anything in the way of casting..Miss Sterling McKinlay was..a very obvious miscast. 1908Ibid. 142 It was not her fault; it was simply a miscast.
▪ II. misˈcast, v.
[mis-1 1.]
†1. trans. To cast with evil intent. Obs.
1390Gower Conf. I. 283 If it so befelle That I..sihe On me that sche miscaste hire yhe, Or that sche liste noght to loke.
2. To miscalculate, misreckon. Also absol. Obs. exc. dial.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas i. i. 416 You have mis-cast in your Arithmetick. 1614Raleigh Hist. World v. ii. §8. 604 The number is somewhat misse-cast by Polybius..he reckons nine hundred horse too many. 1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 107 In reckoning of time most men miscast it. 1677Conn. Col. Rec. (1852) II. 308 This Court findeing that the List of Stoneington was in the last year miscast three hundred and twenty one pownd. 1876Robinson Whitby Gloss., Miskest, to err in casting up accounts. ‘All miskessen together’.
†3. To mislay. Obs.
1600Holland Livy 1234 How all these complete bookes of T. Livius should miscarrie, it is not certenly knowne. Some hope there is, that they are but mis-cast and laid out of the way.
4. Theatr. In passive, of an actor: to be cast in an unsuitable rôle; of a play: to have unsuitable actors performing in it; also fig.
1927Observer 10 July 15/1 We say that so-and-so was good or adequate or miscast or unhappy in his part. We do not appraise the acting as we appraise the play. Ibid. 21 Aug. 9/4 ‘The Climax’..was brought to England seventeen years ago... It was then admittedly miscast. 1944M. J. MacManus Eamon de Valera xiii. 288 Poor Mr. Thomas..was sadly miscast on the diplomatic stage. 1957Observer 8 Sept. 10/4 As Tigre, M. Barrault is mournfully miscast. 1972Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 13/6 This was partly because John Neville was miscast in the main role. |