misturn

English

Etymology

From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- +‎ turn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (verb) /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/

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• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈmɪstɜː(ɹ)n/

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Verb

misturn (third-person singular simple present misturns, present participle misturning, simple past and past participle misturned)

1. (transitive) To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
2. (intransitive) To go wrong; make a wrong turn.

Noun

misturn (plural misturns)

1. A wrong turn.
   • 1916, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods‎:

     At one of the dim cross-roads they had made a misturn, and were now wandering around without the slightest notion of where they were going.

   • 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit‎:

     They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.

Anagrams

• muntris, untrims