misease
AmericanEtymology
Origin of misease
1150–1200; Middle English misese < Old French mesaise. See mis- 1, ease
Example Sentences
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In this wise the maiden bewailed her lot, by reason of her great misease.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
Land of misease, because there be three manner of defaults against three things that folk of this world have in this present life; that is to say, honours, delights, and riches.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
We die, sire, of famine and of all misease.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene
But after a while Ralph said: "If it were no misease to thee to tell me how thou didst fall into the hands of the men of Utterbol, I were fain to hear the tale."
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William
Sir," saith she, "Then are you going to see my son, wherefore tell my son, and you see him, of mine evil plight and my misease, and King Fisherman my brother.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian
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