misgo
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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- 8
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- 5
/mɪsˈɡəʊ/
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/mɪsˈɡəʊ/ · /ˈmɪsɡəʊ/
Definition of misgo
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic, dialectal, intransitive)To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.
“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!”
“Let those pity her who can feel their own weakness and misgoing.”
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verb
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(archaic, dialectal, intransitive)To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.
“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!”
“Let those pity her who can feel their own weakness and misgoing.”
noun
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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.”
““Esquire! Lucky it didn't make a misgo of it, superscribed like that — Here — it's yourn!””
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A miscarriage or abortion
“And when the hemorrhage is checked they will often insist that they have had a "misgo" or abortion.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English misgon, equivalent to mis- + go.
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