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单词 mistime
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mistimen.

Forms: see mis- prefix1 and time n., int., and conj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, time n., int., and conj.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + time n., int., and conj., after mistime v.
Obsolete.
Misfortune; wasted time.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27768 In mining of his mistime, He waris his time And sua he mengges him wit ire.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 20050 (MED) Womman sal noght peris of barn, Ne nane wid mistime [a1400 Vesp. mischiue] be forfarn.
c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 437 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 345 (MED) I..redy for tassent..Of olde and newe all vicious gouernaunce, Of youthe, of age, and of mystyme spent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

mistimev.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈtaɪm/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and time v.; also Old English mistimian.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, getīmian.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + Old English -tīmian (in getīmian i-time v.). In senses 2 and 3 probably independently < mis- prefix1 + time v. or time n.
1.
a. intransitive. Of an unfavourable event: to befall (with dative of person). Also impersonal as him mistimes: misfortune befalls him. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > go wrong
mistimeOE
to come evil to pass1481
tread awry1524
mischance1552
to go wrong1592
pall1604
to go haywire1929
snafu1943
OE Ælfric tr. Basil Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem 44 And gif him hwæt mistimað besarga his unrotnysse.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 150 Lachȝen oðer gabbin ȝef him mistimeð [a1300 Caius mistimed; a1250 Titus mistimes].
a1450 Simonie (Bodl. 48) (1991) l. 456 How myȝte hit be but such men mystymeþ ate laste?
b. intransitive. Of a person: to suffer misfortune, come to grief. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > happen unfortunately [verb (intransitive)] > suffer misfortune or a mishap
mishappenc1230
mishapc1385
mistidec1390
spill1390
misbetide?a1400
misfalla1400
mistime1402
misfortune?a1425
misbefallc1450
miscapea1535
mischancea1542
to come home by unhappinessc1555
mislucka1617
buy1825
pratfall1940
schlimazel1963
1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 58 Litil wondir thowȝ lordis myssetyme, that han suche confusours.
c1425 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (York Min. 16.K.6) (1879) 38 Lat neuer my saul on domesday mystime.
2.
a. transitive. Not to time correctly; to do, perform, or say at the wrong time. Also: to miscalculate or misstate the time of (an event, etc.).
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (transitive)] > do something at a wrong time
mistimea1393
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > miscalculate [verb (transitive)] > the time of
distime1650
mistime1664
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 220 I prai the let me noght mistime Mi schrifte.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 196 So hath such love his lust mistimed.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity ii. ii. iii As Grotius has mis-timed these Visions, so his Interpretations are accordingly absurd.
1673 Ld. Shaftesbury Speech 5 Feb. in Orig. Jrnls. House of Lords 55 14 He desires you not to mistime it, but that it may haue only the second place.
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 307 Actions mistim'd lose their Value.
1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 143 Rowley's chronicle drama abounds in anachronisms. The probable facts..are only mistimed.
1896 Daily News 14 July 4/6 [He] mis-timed a ball..and was out leg before wicket.
1904 H. James Golden Bowl II. xxxiii. 176 The elder woman's words had struck her own ear as in the tone, now mistimed, of their recent..understanding.
1993 Time 31 May 55/2 He lost $800 million by mistiming his withdrawal from the market.
b. intransitive. To time something wrongly; to cause mistiming.
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c1500 in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1809) IV. 405 The sownde of a trew songe makithe trew concorde, But subtill prickynge mystymthe and causith grete discorde.
1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 16 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1849 [He] mistimes, misplaces, runs precipitately..at the mark.
1955 Times 28 June 3/4 Cowdrey had to overcome a tendency to mistime, and he was not far from being run out when he had made seven.
3. transitive. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). To disturb the regular hours or routine of (a person).
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1641 H. Peachum Worth of Peny 32 Never mis-time your selfe by sitting long at play,..and so make your selfe unfit for any businesse in many dayes after.
1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 22 That al mistime her ah sud'nt wonder.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 92 With having the boys at home she has mistimed herself a bit.
1925 J. Alexander in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 303/3 Of one who had not got to bed regularly for a time, it will be said that he ‘has been mistimed’.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 193/1 A war completely mistimed be yon owd boy cummin' up fer 'is dockey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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