misusagen.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈjuːsɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈjusɪdʒ/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and usage n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, usage n.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + usage n. Compare Old French mesusage (1304). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (misyū·zėdʒ) /mɪsˈjuːzɪdʒ/.

†1. Misconduct; corrupt practice, abuse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun]

abominationc1350

misgovernancec1375

misleadinga1387

misusing1395

misbearinga1400

misordinancea1400

misruling?a1425

misgovernail?a1439

misdraughtc1450

misgovernmentc1450

misbehaving1451

misguiding1480

misbehaviour1486

misdemeaning1487

misgoverning1487

misdemeanoura1513

misordera1513

misordering1526

misusage1532

misnurturea1540

misdemean1579

miscarriage1594

misguide1596

demeanour1681

misconduct1717

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun]

misgovernancec1375

misleadinga1387

misusing1395

misbearinga1400

misordinancea1400

misdraughtc1450

misgovernmentc1450

misbehaving1451

misguiding1480

misbehaviour1486

misdemeaning1487

misgoverning1487

miscraft1496

demerit1509

misuse1509

misdemeanoura1513

misordera1513

misordering1526

misusage1532

misdemean1579

miscarriage1594

misguide1596

delinquency1603

demeanour1681

misconduct1717

society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > improper or corrupt

corruptionc1425

misusage1532

malversationc1550

maladministration1639

mismanagement1659

malconduct1684

1532 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 109 For the Mysvsage of Seriaunts... Yf any of the serjaunts..doth mysusse themselfe, or geve not attendans to the Mayre, Aldermen, and Bayllyffs.

1579 Proclam. Elizabeth I 15 Dec. The great misusage in the execution of sundrie her Highnes graunts made to diuers persons.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 184 Palinode..Yode late on Pilgrimage To Rome,..and then He saw thilke misusage.

1583–4 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1846) III. 341 Alexander Hay..inquirit vpoun his misvsaige..baith in his persoun and in the dispositioun of..[his] patrimony.

†2. Ill-usage; mistreatment. Also in plural: instances of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [noun]

mishandlinga1393

deraya1400

villainya1400

outraya1425

mistreating1453

mispersoning1522

misentreating1531

misusing1548

misusage1555

misuse1591

abuse1595

hard measure1611

ill usage1621

evil-usage1645

ill-treatment1667

maltreatment1702

mistreatment1716

punishment1811

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [noun] > treatment embodying

unkindnessc1390

mishandlinga1393

mistreating1453

misusage1555

misuse1591

ill-treatment1667

maltreatment1702

mistreatment1716

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [noun] > act or instance of

filthc1400

misusage1555

hardship1649

1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 358^v The fame of theyr mysusage so preuented them that the people of that place also offended therby, wold bring in no wares.

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 8 I pas mani sutch misusagis over.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cli. 934 Vnder this saying our Lorde hath comprehended all the misusages that wee can offer to our neighbour.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. ii. 158 The rest of the Cardinals looking upon the misusage of his person, as a reflection upon the Order.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation Introd. §1. 3 By occasion of the Hardships and Misusages she underwent before.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VI. 394 He had no longer any thoughts for the petty misusage of mankind.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. iii. 188 Foul misusage, not to be borne by human nature.

1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 308 The Serbs..were determined only to defend themselves from misusage.

3. Bad or wrong use, misuse.Use in this sense, which was common at the end of the 20th cent., has been criticized by some usage guides.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun]

abusion?1387

misusing1395

misusea1398

abusingc1450

abuse?1473

misordering1526

abusage1548

misusage1567

misemployment1597

missaw1614

misimprovement1644

abusivenessa1677

misemploying1686

violation1795

1567 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. 508 This Misusage of the Privilege that belonged to him, as her Ambassador.

a1638 J. Mede in Wks. (1672) I. 14 If the Name of God be prophaned by the disesteem and misusage of the things it is called upon.

a1849 E. A. Poe Whipple in Wks. (1864) III. 387 The misusage of ‘like’ in place of ‘as’.

1981 Verbatim Winter 10/1 When as good and clear a writer as Bolinger writes a book on as important a subject as modern English usage and misusage, it ought to be made available to as wide..an audience as possible.

1995 Jrnl. Commerce 13 Oct. 5A It monitors and analyzes companies' telecommunications and networks to measure call traffic and to find misusage of the systems.

2001 Turkish Daily News (Electronic ed.) 24 Nov. On agricultural, tourism, and historical sites, the misusage of which is forbidden.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	misusage
释义	misusagen. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈjuːsɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈjusɪdʒ/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and usage n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, usage n. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + usage n. Compare Old French mesusage (1304). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (misyū·zėdʒ) /mɪsˈjuːzɪdʒ/. †1. Misconduct; corrupt practice, abuse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] abominationc1350 misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misruling?a1425 misgovernail?a1439 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misnurturea1540 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 delinquency1603 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > improper or corrupt corruptionc1425 misusage1532 malversationc1550 maladministration1639 mismanagement1659 malconduct1684 1532 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 109 For the Mysvsage of Seriaunts... Yf any of the serjaunts..doth mysusse themselfe, or geve not attendans to the Mayre, Aldermen, and Bayllyffs. 1579 Proclam. Elizabeth I 15 Dec. The great misusage in the execution of sundrie her Highnes graunts made to diuers persons. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 184 Palinode..Yode late on Pilgrimage To Rome,..and then He saw thilke misusage. 1583–4 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1846) III. 341 Alexander Hay..inquirit vpoun his misvsaige..baith in his persoun and in the dispositioun of..[his] patrimony. †2. Ill-usage; mistreatment. Also in plural: instances of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [noun] mishandlinga1393 deraya1400 villainya1400 outraya1425 mistreating1453 mispersoning1522 misentreating1531 misusing1548 misusage1555 misuse1591 abuse1595 hard measure1611 ill usage1621 evil-usage1645 ill-treatment1667 maltreatment1702 mistreatment1716 punishment1811 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [noun] > treatment embodying unkindnessc1390 mishandlinga1393 mistreating1453 misusage1555 misuse1591 ill-treatment1667 maltreatment1702 mistreatment1716 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [noun] > act or instance of filthc1400 misusage1555 hardship1649 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 358^v The fame of theyr mysusage so preuented them that the people of that place also offended therby, wold bring in no wares. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 8 I pas mani sutch misusagis over. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cli. 934 Vnder this saying our Lorde hath comprehended all the misusages that wee can offer to our neighbour. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. ii. 158 The rest of the Cardinals looking upon the misusage of his person, as a reflection upon the Order. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation Introd. §1. 3 By occasion of the Hardships and Misusages she underwent before. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VI. 394 He had no longer any thoughts for the petty misusage of mankind. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. iii. 188 Foul misusage, not to be borne by human nature. 1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 308 The Serbs..were determined only to defend themselves from misusage. 3. Bad or wrong use, misuse.Use in this sense, which was common at the end of the 20th cent., has been criticized by some usage guides. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] abusion?1387 misusing1395 misusea1398 abusingc1450 abuse?1473 misordering1526 abusage1548 misusage1567 misemployment1597 missaw1614 misimprovement1644 abusivenessa1677 misemploying1686 violation1795 1567 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. 508 This Misusage of the Privilege that belonged to him, as her Ambassador. a1638 J. Mede in Wks. (1672) I. 14 If the Name of God be prophaned by the disesteem and misusage of the things it is called upon. a1849 E. A. Poe Whipple in Wks. (1864) III. 387 The misusage of ‘like’ in place of ‘as’. 1981 Verbatim Winter 10/1 When as good and clear a writer as Bolinger writes a book on as important a subject as modern English usage and misusage, it ought to be made available to as wide..an audience as possible. 1995 Jrnl. Commerce 13 Oct. 5A It monitors and analyzes companies' telecommunications and networks to measure call traffic and to find misusage of the systems. 2001 Turkish Daily News (Electronic ed.) 24 Nov. On agricultural, tourism, and historical sites, the misusage of which is forbidden. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1532
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