Etymology

misplease

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Today it means: To fail in pleasing; displease. Full definition →

Middle English misplesen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommisplesen
  2. English todaymisplease

From Middle English misplesen, equivalent to mis- + please. Compare Old French mesplaire.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.