† misthewn.
Obsolete.
A bad habit.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > instance of corruption > [noun]
unthewc897
lastOE
vicea1300
misthewa1325
fault1377
mistetch?c1450
depravity1641
vitiosity1643
cachexy1652
misteach1803
vileness1863
unvirtue1869
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > immoral conduct or habits > a vice or bad habit
unthewc897
miswonea1200
unlawc1225
vicea1300
misthewa1325
mistetch?c1450
bestiality1594
vitiosity1643
misteach1803
unvirtue1869
a1325 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Cambr.) iii, in Anglia (1881) 4 182 (MED) Ne be þi childe nevir so dere, And he wil misþewis [?a1300 Digby ounþewes] lere, Bete him oþirwile.
?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1996) I. 2544 Hys sones, Ofnes and Phynees, Þai wold not of mysthewes sees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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