Etymology

misask

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Today it means: to ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly Full definition →

Middle English *misasken
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  1. Middle English · inherited from*misasken
  2. English todaymisask

From Middle English *misasken (suggested by derivative misasked), equivalent to mis- + ask.

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