misdo

American  

[mis-doo] / mɪsˈdu /

verb (used with object)

misdid, misdone, misdoing

1. to do badly or wrongly; botch.

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verb (used without object)

misdid, misdone, misdoing

1. Obsolete. to behave improperly.

Other Word Forms

• misdoer noun

Etymology

Origin of misdo

before 950; Middle English misdon, Old English misdōn. See mis- ¹, do ¹

Example Sentences

Then saith Idel, the son of Irien: "Lords, ye misdo herein; the wolf would not have set upon the youth, and if he had not sore hated him."

From Tales from the Old French by Various

Mi Sone, that I mai wel lieve: 7810 And natheles me semeth so, For oght that thou hast yit misdo Of time which thou hast despended, It mai with grace ben amended.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

If a Gild-brother do wrong “let all bear it: if one misdo, let all bear alike.”

From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Hibbert, Francis Aiden

"Let all share the same lot," ran its law; "if any misdo, let all bear it."

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard

And youres! we hauen misdo mikel, Þat we ayen you haue be fikel, 2800 For englond auhte forto ben youres,80 And we youre men and youres.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown