miscome

present singular third person miscomes · participle present miscoming · past miscame

1. intransitiveTo come wrongly or amiss; come at the wrong time; be inappropriate.

   I asked her about my road, And whether I there had far miscome, Miscome unto that abode; And kindly she set me in my way, Ask me not where.

   1962, William Barnes, Poems

   1 more example

   "Stop your grog, indeed!", said Remarkable, rising with great indignation, and seizing a candle; "you're groggy now, and I'll quit the room before I hear any miscoming words from you."

   1835, James Fenimore Cooper, The pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna

comparative more miscome · superlative most miscome

1. Illegitimate.

plural miscomes

1. An illegitimate child.

   Don't worry; Mary's 'miscome' is not going to live."

   1936, Oxford Journals (Firm), IngentaConnect (Online service), Notes and queries