miscreancen.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɪskrɪəns/, U.S.

/ˈmɪskriəns/

Forms: Middle English mescreance, Middle English mescreaunce, Middle English myscreaunce, Middle English–1500s miscreaunce, 1800s– miscreance.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mescreance.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French mescreance (late 12th cent. in Old French, earliest in Anglo-Norman sources; also in Anglo-Norman in form mescreaunce ; French mécréance ) < mescreant miscreant adj.; compare -ance -ance suffix. Compare Old Occitan mescrezensa , mescrezenza (a1203), Occitan mescresença . Compare also miscredence n., miscreancy n.In sense 2 after miscreant n.; compare earlier use of miscreancy n. in the corresponding sense.

1. False belief or faith; lack of belief; (formerly) spec. paganism or heresy.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun]

heathenessec900

heathenshipa1000

heathendomc1000

idolatrya1325

mammetryc1330

spiritual fornicationa1340

whoredomc1350

prepucya1382

miscreancea1393

imagery1395

gentility?a1425

paganismc1425

paganityc1450

prepucec1475

Mahometry1481

superstitiousness1526

uncircumcision1526

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image-worshipping1544

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idololatry1550

gentilism1561

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heathenishness1571

image worship1572

heathenry1577

irreligiousness?1577

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ethnicism1600

infidelity1603

superstition1603

heathenism1605

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miscreancy1611

misreligion1623

Baalisma1625

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idolomany1624

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idol-worship1667

ethnicity1772

symbololatry1828

Baal-worship1834

irreligionism1843

gentiledom1844

triology1894

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1444 Se nou the foule mescreance Of Greks in thilke time tho.

1415 T. Hoccleve Addr. to Sir John Oldcastle l. 252 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 16 For thow sholdist reconsyle Thee to him & leue thy mescreaunce.

1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. sig. Cviii They falle ofte..in heresyes and in myscreaunce.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 26 Allured to..misbeleue miscreaunce and contempt of God.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. V2 Paynim..if thou wilt renounce thy miscreaunce,..Life will I graunt thee.

1863 H. Yule tr. Jordanus Mirabilia Descripta xiv. 56 Their preachers [sc. Mohammedans] run about..in order to turn all to their own miscreance.

1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton xi. 311 The Crescent was master of the Cross; and beyond the Pyrenees all was slavery and ‘miscreance’.

1876 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VI. lxxii. 384 By the faith that is in it, what..good it can..do, by the miscreance in it, what mischief it can do.

1909 West. Gaz. 2 Dec. 2/4 ‘Rejoice in miscreance, if you will,’ The Zephyr said.

1987 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 8 Feb. 20 There is a deep strain of misogyny, self-disgust and miscreance running through British art.

2. Wrongdoing, misdemeanour. Cf. miscreancy n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun]

unrightOE

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misbodea1200

misguiltc1200

misdoinga1225

miss?c1225

trespassinga1340

forfeiturec1380

offensiona1382

crimec1384

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evil-doing1398

mistakinga1400

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transgression1426

wrongingc1449

digression1517

digressinga1535

transgressing1535

swerving1545

misdealing1571

transgress1578

misfaring1595

misacting1651

malpractice1739

malfeasance1856

wrongdoing1874

miscreance1972

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun]

sinc825

naughteOE

unnuteOE

sinningc1000

unrightOE

un-i-selthlOE

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misguiltc1200

misdoinga1225

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miss?c1225

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misacting1651

guilt1726

flagitiosity1727

malpractice1739

malfeasance1856

peccation1861

miscreance1972

1972 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 457 1234/1 This tangled web of human miscreance and judicial error.

1996 Sunday Star Times (Auckland) (Electronic ed.) 28 Apr. An imperative statutory safeguard against governmental miscreance.

1999 Hist. Today (Electronic ed.) Aug. Crucifixion..might be invoked for trivial miscreance (tasting the master's soup; failing to untangle the matron's hair).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† miscreancen.²

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, Latin crē- , crēscere , -ance suffix.

Etymology: Irregularly < mis- prefix¹ + classical Latin crē-, stem of crēscere to grow (see crescent n.) + -ance suffix. Compare Old French mescreu misgrown (early 13th cent.).

Obsolete. rare.

A distorted or abortive growth. Also as a mass noun. Cf. misgrowth n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth

monstruosity1402

monstrosity1555

accretion1615

misgrowth1648

monstruousness1653

miscreance1658

homonomya1682

agenesis1827

hypertrophy1834

auxesis1842

overgrowth1844

neoplasia1871

ingrowth1877

concrescence1878

accrementition1879

neogenesis1884

geomalism1885

giantism1885

geomaly1889

merisis1940

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. Introd. 218 Earth is the mother of all fruits, yet hath it many miscreance [Ger. viel Missgewaechse].

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Children's Bk. in Surgeons Guid 359 Unless there be some miscreance [Ger. ein Mißgewächs], or other unshapedness about them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	miscreance
释义	miscreancen.¹ Brit. /ˈmɪskrɪəns/, U.S. /ˈmɪskriəns/ Forms: Middle English mescreance, Middle English mescreaunce, Middle English myscreaunce, Middle English–1500s miscreaunce, 1800s– miscreance. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mescreance. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French mescreance (late 12th cent. in Old French, earliest in Anglo-Norman sources; also in Anglo-Norman in form mescreaunce ; French mécréance ) < mescreant miscreant adj.; compare -ance -ance suffix. Compare Old Occitan mescrezensa , mescrezenza (a1203), Occitan mescresença . Compare also miscredence n., miscreancy n.In sense 2 after miscreant n.; compare earlier use of miscreancy n. in the corresponding sense. 1. False belief or faith; lack of belief; (formerly) spec. paganism or heresy. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun] heathenessec900 heathenshipa1000 heathendomc1000 idolatrya1325 mammetryc1330 spiritual fornicationa1340 whoredomc1350 prepucya1382 miscreancea1393 imagery1395 gentility?a1425 paganismc1425 paganityc1450 prepucec1475 Mahometry1481 superstitiousness1526 uncircumcision1526 whoring1530 idolry1535 paynimhood1543 image-worshipping1544 paganrya1550 idololatry1550 gentilism1561 old religion1567 heathenishness1571 image worship1572 heathenry1577 irreligiousness?1577 idolatrousness1583 uncircumcisedness1583 irreligion1598 ethnicism1600 infidelity1603 superstition1603 heathenism1605 idolism1608 miscreancy1611 misreligion1623 Baalisma1625 iconolatry1624 idolomania1624 idolomany1624 idolizing1637 idol-worship1667 ethnicity1772 symbololatry1828 Baal-worship1834 irreligionism1843 gentiledom1844 triology1894 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1444 Se nou the foule mescreance Of Greks in thilke time tho. 1415 T. Hoccleve Addr. to Sir John Oldcastle l. 252 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 16 For thow sholdist reconsyle Thee to him & leue thy mescreaunce. 1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. sig. Cviii They falle ofte..in heresyes and in myscreaunce. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 26 Allured to..misbeleue miscreaunce and contempt of God. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. V2 Paynim..if thou wilt renounce thy miscreaunce,..Life will I graunt thee. 1863 H. Yule tr. Jordanus Mirabilia Descripta xiv. 56 Their preachers [sc. Mohammedans] run about..in order to turn all to their own miscreance. 1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton xi. 311 The Crescent was master of the Cross; and beyond the Pyrenees all was slavery and ‘miscreance’. 1876 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VI. lxxii. 384 By the faith that is in it, what..good it can..do, by the miscreance in it, what mischief it can do. 1909 West. Gaz. 2 Dec. 2/4 ‘Rejoice in miscreance, if you will,’ The Zephyr said. 1987 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 8 Feb. 20 There is a deep strain of misogyny, self-disgust and miscreance running through British art. 2. Wrongdoing, misdemeanour. Cf. miscreancy n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun] unrightOE witec1175 misbodea1200 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 miss?c1225 trespassinga1340 forfeiturec1380 offensiona1382 crimec1384 abusion?1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 offendinga1425 transgression1426 wrongingc1449 digression1517 digressinga1535 transgressing1535 swerving1545 misdealing1571 transgress1578 misfaring1595 misacting1651 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 wrongdoing1874 miscreance1972 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] sinc825 naughteOE unnuteOE sinningc1000 unrightOE un-i-selthlOE wonder1154 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 teeninga1225 miss?c1225 crimec1250 misdeed?c1250 wickednessa1300 mischiefa1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 perpetrationc1429 wrongingc1449 maledictionc1475 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 foul play1546 misdealing1571 flagition1598 delinquency1603 malefaction1604 meschancy1609 malefacture1635 misacting1651 guilt1726 flagitiosity1727 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 peccation1861 miscreance1972 1972 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 457 1234/1 This tangled web of human miscreance and judicial error. 1996 Sunday Star Times (Auckland) (Electronic ed.) 28 Apr. An imperative statutory safeguard against governmental miscreance. 1999 Hist. Today (Electronic ed.) Aug. Crucifixion..might be invoked for trivial miscreance (tasting the master's soup; failing to untangle the matron's hair). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † miscreancen.² Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, Latin crē- , crēscere , -ance suffix. Etymology: Irregularly < mis- prefix¹ + classical Latin crē-, stem of crēscere to grow (see crescent n.) + -ance suffix. Compare Old French mescreu misgrown (early 13th cent.). Obsolete. rare. A distorted or abortive growth. Also as a mass noun. Cf. misgrowth n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth monstruosity1402 monstrosity1555 accretion1615 misgrowth1648 monstruousness1653 miscreance1658 homonomya1682 agenesis1827 hypertrophy1834 auxesis1842 overgrowth1844 neoplasia1871 ingrowth1877 concrescence1878 accrementition1879 neogenesis1884 geomalism1885 giantism1885 geomaly1889 merisis1940 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. Introd. 218 Earth is the mother of all fruits, yet hath it many miscreance [Ger. viel Missgewaechse]. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Children's Bk. in Surgeons Guid 359 Unless there be some miscreance [Ger. ein Mißgewächs], or other unshapedness about them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.¹a1393n.²1658
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