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Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both).
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misfire
Today it means: An act of misfiring. Full definition →
Today it means: An act of misfiring. Full definition →
Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.