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misdight

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English

Etymology

From mis- + dight.

Pronunciation

Adjective

misdight (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Arrayed, prepared, or furnished unsuitably.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      Her heart gan grudge for very deepe despight / Of so unmanly maske in misery misdight.
    • 1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. [], London: [] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC:
      Despised nature suit them once aright, / Their body to their coat, both now misdight. / Their body to their clothes might shapen be, / That nill their clothes shape to their bodie.
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