misaccent

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verb

To accent incorrectly.

OriginEnglish accent ← Middle English accent ← Anglo-Norman accent →
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Meanings

verbmisaccent (third-person singular simple present misaccents, present participle misaccenting, simple past and past participle misaccented)

present singular third person misaccents · participle present misaccenting · participle past misaccented · past misaccented

  1. To accent incorrectly.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  10. Proto-Italic*ad
  11. Proto-Italic*ad-
  12. Latinad-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  15. Proto-Italic*kanō
  16. Latincanō
  17. Latinaccinō
  18. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  19. Medieval Latinaccentus
  20. Middle Frenchaccent
  21. Anglo-Normanaccent
  22. Middle Englishaccent
  23. Englishaccent
  24. Englishmisaccent

From mis- + accent.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

accentism
Cite this entry
APA

misaccent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaccent

MLA

“misaccent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaccent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misaccent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaccent.

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