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单词 missis
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missisv.

Brit. /ˈmɪsɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɪsᵻz/
Inflections: Present participle mississing;
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English missis , missus n.
Etymology: < missis, variant of missus n.
regional and colloquial. Now rare.
1. transitive. To address as ‘Mrs’. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > address with courteous title [verb (transitive)] > address a woman
madam1622
bemadam1630
good woman1776
ma'am1813
miss1824
missis1839
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xlii. 414 ‘Don't Missis me, ma'am’..returned Miss Squeers.
2. intransitive. English regional. To act as if one were the mistress of a household, assume a superior air. With over. Cf. lord v. 4a, 4b.
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1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 23 If one of the junior branches of a family interferes in the management of domestic concerns, a servant would say, ‘I won't have her mississing over me’.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire I conna stond two folks i' th' same haïse mississin' o'er mey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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