† miseasedadj.
Obsolete.
(a) In need. (b) Troubled, distressed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > [adjective]
angeredc1275
miseasedc1390
woea1398
forpainedc1400
labouringc1425
passive?a1439
painedc1450
loaden1542
sored1557
stressed1559
pinched1566
grieved1586
suffering1609
heavy-laden1611
undergoinga1616
vulned1628
loaded1661
afflicted1690
sick as a parrot1705
crosseda1732
wrung1862
traumatized1935
fraught1966
the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor
havelessOE
unrichOE
waedlec1000
armOE
nakedOE
helplessc1175
wantsomec1175
poora1200
barec1220
needfula1225
misease?c1225
unwealya1300
needyc1325
feeblec1330
poorful1372
mischievousc1390
miseasedc1390
indigentc1400
meanc1400
naughtyc1400
succourless1412
unwealthyc1412
behove1413
misterousa1425
misterfulc1480
miserablec1485
beggarly1545
starved1563
threadbare1577
penurious1590
fortuneless1596
wealthless1605
wantful1607
necessitous1611
inopulent1613
titheless1615
egene1631
starveling1638
necessitated1646
inopious1656
parsimonious1782
unopulent1782
lacking1805
bushed1819
obolary1820
ill-to-do1853
down at heel1856
po'1866
needsome1870
down-at-heeled1884
rocky1921
c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 806 Thanne is misericorde..a vertu by which the corage of a man is stired by the mysese of hym that is mysesed.
a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 115 (MED) The mayny, that was myssaysid [a1525 Trin. Dub. myssayse] and hungry, founde ther mette and drynke y-now.
1556 N. Grimald in tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties Pref. sig. ¶¶viij To make sounde the sicke minde (incase it be miseased, & hath a will to bee relieued).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.c1390