mistreading

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ treading.

Noun

mistreading (plural mistreadings)

1. (obsolete) misstep; misbehaviour
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Make me beleeue, that thou art onely mark'd
     For the hot vengeance, and the Rod of heauen
     To punish my Mistreadings. Tell me else

References

• “mistreading”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• distreaming