单词 | mistread |
释义 | † mistreadn. Obsolete. rare. A wrong step; a faux pas. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder > embarrassing mistread1597 directitudea1616 faux pas1676 misstep1788 gaffe1909 blooper1947 clanger1948 goof1955 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xix. sig. Bb Eyes thought for to misleade, and were mislead: Feete went to make mis-treads, and did mis-treade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † mistreadv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. to mistread one's shoes: to lose one's chastity. Cf. shoe n. 2l. ΚΠ ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 156 (MED) Ofte mistrediþ ȝe ȝur schone, ȝur fete beþ ful tendre. 2. intransitive. To make a false step. Also transitive: to tread (a step) wrongly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > blunder [verb (intransitive)] > embarrassingly mistread1597 to blot one's copybook1935 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xix. sig. Bb Eyes thought for to misleade, and were mislead: Feete went to make mis-treads, and did mis-treade. a1640 The Wasp, or Subject's Precedent (1976) III. 46 If he slip from me, or but one step mistread I haves owne hand here to strike off his head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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