Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be unbecoming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
sit badly or imperfectly upon; tomisbecome .
Etymologies
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mis- + sit
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Examples
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"He's missit the globe," muttered one of the attendants; "I've aye tellt him to keep his eye furrmer on the ball."
Punch Among the Planets Various
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Eric Flint & David Drake, the Belisarius series okay, probably doesn’t belong here but it is so darned good I didn’t want you to missit.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Six Greatest Fantasy Novels of All Time 2009
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This should be obvious, but I’ve been struck by how often legal writers especially students missit.
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This should be obvious, but I’ve been struck by how often legal writers especially students missit.
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It was the night of Joe Biden’s speech, and we did not want to missit.
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