mistreading

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noun

misstep; misbehaviour

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Meanings

nounmistreading (plural mistreadings)

plural mistreadings

  1. obsoletemisstep; misbehaviour

    Make me beleeue, that thou art onely mark'd For the hot vengeance, and the Rod of heauen To punish my Mistreadings. Tell me else

    c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]

Origin

From mis- + treading.

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APA

mistreading. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistreading

MLA

“mistreading.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistreading. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistreading,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistreading.

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