miswed

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verb

To wed badly.

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Meanings

verbmiswed (third-person singular simple present misweds, present participle miswedding, simple past and past participle miswed or miswedded)

present singular third person misweds · participle present miswedding · participle past miswedded · past miswedded

  1. To wed badly.

    Violeta's father simply miswed.

    1962, Yay Marking, Where a Country Begins - Volume 1, page 99
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    He loved them all, and wished he could lavish them with riches, introduce them to swains, bathe them in oils, dress them in silks, shelter them from future sadness, all of which would be within the power of the thing he wished he was: Sir Jones. Knight Errant. Brave and Stalwart. Champion of the Miswed.

    2016, Stephen Greenleaf, The Ditto List

Origin

From mis- + wed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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