Misgo
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An error or mistake
"[…] my hand came in contact with a lot of curly hair, and by the shriek which greeted my ear, I was conshus^([sic]) that I had made a misgo, and was clutchin a womans water-fall."
- 2 A miscarriage or abortion
"And when the hemorrhage is checked they will often insist that they have had a "misgo" or abortion."
- 1 To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry. archaic, dialectal, intransitive
"Brother Samson, in the time of the Antipopes, had been sent to Rome on business; and, returning successful, was too late,—the business had all misgone in the interim!"
Example
More examples"Brother Samson, in the time of the Antipopes, had been sent to Rome on business; and, returning successful, was too late,—the business had all misgone in the interim!"
Etymology
From Middle English misgon, equivalent to mis- + go.
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