missoundv.
/ˌmɪsˈsaʊnd/, U.S. /ˌmɪ(s)ˈsaʊnd/ Now rare.† 1. intransitive. To be discordant; to be incompatible, disagree. Also with to. Obsolete.† 2. intransitive. Of music: to sound wrong, out of tune, or displeasing. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > be unharmonious or incongruous [verb (intransitive)]
missounda1382
discordc1384
disaccorda1500
disagreea1513
disgree1530
miscord1532
to agree (etc.) like harp and harrow1563
antipathizec1630
to jump awry1762
disharmonize1863
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. Prol. l. 18 Forsoþe hit may not be soþ þat myssouneþ [v.r. discordith, L. dissonet].
?a1500 (a1471) Brut (Lyell) in J. S. Davies Eng. Chron. (1856) 57 Articlez longyng..to the said crafte of nigromancie, or mys sownyng to the Cristen feith.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)]
yerrOE
discorda1398
jangle1494
missoundc1500
jara1529
jarglec1550
harsh1582
chide1594
caterwaul1621
murr1662
wrangle1816
girl1820
crank1827
saxophone1927
c1500 in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1809) IV. 405 A songe myssowndithe yf the prickynge be not right.
3. transitive. To mispronounce.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > abuse language [verb (transitive)] > in speech
misspeaka1393
mispronounce1593
missound1599
unpronounce1646
throw1877
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 41 By corruption of speech, they false dialect and misse-sound it.
1880 E. A. Freeman Let. 18 May in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 204 W is sure to be missounded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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