misword

verb

1. (transitive)To word incorrectly.

   “I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.”

noun

1. (obsolete)An insult.

   “He then came down, took away his ladder, not a misword said to him, and by whose order it was done was not then known.”

   “And, as for yourself, Master Matthew, why I 've known you these fifty years, and never heard man, woman, or child speak a misword of you in my life.”

   “A woman who used to work in my house told me that she 'never 'ad a misword with her 'usband.'”