单词 | missis |
释义 | missisv. regional and colloquial. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < v.1839 |
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