Etymology

misbear

M3I1S1B3E1A1R1

Today it means: To carry or bear improperly; (reflexive) to carry (oneself) wrongly i.e. misbehave. Full definition →

Middle English misberen
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Middle English · inherited frommisberen
  2. English todaymisbear

From Middle English misberen, equivalent to mis- + bear.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.