miso-
- a combining form meaning “hate,” with the object of hatred specified by the following element: misogyny.
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Also mis-.
Origin of miso-
< Greek, combining form of mīseîn to hate, mîsos hatred
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miso-
before a vowel mis-
- indicating hatredmisogyny
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Word Origin
from Greek misos hatred
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Word Origin and History for miso-
word-forming element meaning "hater, hatred," before vowels, mis-, comb. form of Greek misos "hatred," misein "to hate." Productive as a word-forming element in ancient Greek, e.g. misoagathia "hatred of good or goodness;" misoponein "to hate work." Forming many compounds in English, most of them obscure or recherche, but some perhaps useful, e.g. misocapnic (adj.) "hating (tobacco) smoke," misocyny "hatred of dogs."
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miso-
- Hatred:misogamy.
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