Mis-sing

//mɪsˈsɪŋ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To sing incorrectly.

    "The ragas are personified, like the devatā of a mantram; so that to mis-sing a rāga or rāginī is to break the limbs of a god or goddess."

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"The ragas are personified, like the devatā of a mantram; so that to mis-sing a rāga or rāginī is to break the limbs of a god or goddess."

Etymology

From mis- + sing.

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