mismanagement 
mismanagement (mis-man'a j-ment), . [<n's- 
manage + -ment.] Careless' or improper man- 
agement. 
Such revolutions happen not upon every little misman- 
agement in publick affairs. 
Locke, Of 1 Government, 226. 
mismannered (mis-man 'erd), a. [< mis-i + 
iiiiititiereu.] Unbecoming. Halliwell. [Prov. 
mismanners (mis-man'erz), n. pi. [< mis- 1 + 
manners.] Bad manners; ill breeding. 
I hope your honour will excuse my mis-manners to whis- 
per before you. Vanbrugh, The Relapse, iv. 1. 
mismarkt (mis-miirk'), v. t. [< mis- 1 + mark 1 .] 
To mark wrongly; err in noting or marking. 
Thou haste the misnutrkid, trewly be traste ; 
Wherfore of thi misse thou the amende. 
York Plays, p. 258. 
mismatch (mis-mach'), v. t. [< mis- 1 + match 1 .] 
To match unsuitably, or inaccurately or unfitly. 
mismatchment (mis-mach'ment), n. [< mis- 
match + -went.] An unfortunate match ; mis- 
alliance. Mrs. Gore. 
mismate (mis-mat'), v. t.; pret. and pp. mis- 
mated, ppr. intimating. [< mis- 1 + mate*,] To 
mate or match amiss or unsuitably. 
Be not too wise, 
Seeing that ye are wedded to a man, 
Not all mismated with a yawning clown. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
mismeant (mis-men'), r. t. [< mis- 1 + mean 1 .] 
To mistake the meaning of; misinterpret. 
Mismeane me not. N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 66. 
mismeasure (mis-mezh'ur), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
mismeasured, ppr. mismeasuring. [< mis- 1 + 
measure.] To measure incorrectly; estimate 
erroneously. 
With aim mismeasured and impetuous speed. 
Young, Night Thoughts, v. 784. 
Which prefers that right and wrong should be mismea- 
mred and confounded on one of the subjects most momen- 
tous to human welfare. J. S. Mill. 
mismeasurement (mis-mezh'ur-ment), . [< 
mi*- 1 + measurement.] Inaccurate or inexact 
3794 
misobserve (mis-ob-zerv'), r. t. and i. ; pret. 
and pp. miaolserved, ppr. misobsermng. [??js-l 
+ ofeserre.J To observe incorrectly or imper- 
f ectly ; err in observing. 
If i misobserve not, they [children] love to be treated as 
rational creatures sooner than is imagined. 
iocte, Education, j si. 
misobserver (mis-ob-zer'ver), w. One who ob- 
8 F V 7 inaccurately or imperfectly. 
miSOCleret (mis'o-kler), a. [< Gr. fuauv, hate 
(< fiao(, hatred) ; + LGr. Kf.rjpos, the clergy: 
see cleric.] Hating the clergy. 
Ktng Henry V I., acted herein by some mwadere cour- 
tiers (otherwise in himself friend enough to churchmen), 
misplacement 
"My lords," said he, '-I do confess that I have mfe. 
' '" * ' C pre8umptuousl y 
misogamist (mi-sog'a-mist), . [As misogam-y 
+ -ist.] A hater of marriage, 
misogamy (mi-sog'a-mi), . [= F. misogamie 
= Sp. misogamia = Pg. It. mtsogamia, < Gr. as 
if "fuaoyafiia, < juaoyafio^, hating marriage, < fii- 
actv, hate, + yd/tot, marriage.] Hatred of mar- 
riage. 
It is misogyny rather than misogamy that he affects. 
C. Lamb, To Coleridge. 
misogrammatistt (mis-o-gram'a-tist), n. [< Gr. 
luaslv, hate, + ypd/ifiara, letters, learning (see 
grammar), + -ist.] One who dislikes or de- 
spises learning. 
Wat Tyler, . . . being a misogrammatist, . . . hated 
every man that could write or read. 
FuUer, Worthies, II. 341. {Dames.) 
misogyne (mis'o-jin), n. [< Gr. /umryiviK, pi- 
<7(i;wof, a woman-hater: see misogyny.] A mi- 
sogynist. Coleridge. 
misogynist (mi-soj'i-nist), n. [As misogyn-y + 
-ist.] A woman-hater. 
The hardest task is to persuade the erroneous obstinate 
misogynist, or woman-hater, that any discourse acknowl- 
ing their worth can go beyond poetry. 
Whitlock, Manners of the English, p. 322. 
He was unmarried, and a misogynist to boot. 
Mrs. H. Ward, Bobert Elsmere, xlv. 
j-i-nis'ti-kal), a. [< mi- 
Latimtr, quoted in E. W. Dixon's Hist. Church of Eng. , ti. 
The place where they were last found begging or mis- 
ordering themselves. 
llibton-Turner, Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 181. 
misordered (mis-or'derd), j,. a. Misdirected; 
irregular; disorderly. 
Fewe of them cum to any great aige, by reason of their 
misordered life when they were yong. 
Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 33. 
Vicious rule and misordered customea. 
Uolinshed, Hist. Scotland. 
misorderlyt (mis-6r'der-li), a. [< mi*- 1 + or- 
derly, a.] Irregular; improper. Ascham, The 
Scholemaster, p. 28. 
misorderlyt (mis-6r'der-li), adit. [< mis- 1 + or- 
derly, adr.] In an irregular or disorderly way. 
All persons above the age of fourteene yeares, being 
taken begging, vagrant, & wandring misorderly, should be 
apprehended. Stow, Q. Elizabeth, an. 1572. 
misordination (mis-6r-di-na'shon), n. [< mix- 1 
+ iirdinntion.] Irregular or faulty ordination, 
misotheism (mis'o-the-izm ), n. [< Gr. po-oft-of , 
< fitaeiv, hate, + 8(6{, God: see theism.] Hatred 
of God. De Quincey. [Rare.] 
misowningt (mis-6'ning), a. [< mis- 1 + aiming.] 
Derogatory. 
He abjured all articles belonging to the erafte of necro- 
mancie, or missawning to the faith. 
Stow, Henry VI., an. 1440. 
mispaint (mis-pant'), v. t. [< mis- 1 + paint.] 
To paint falsely or in wrong colors. 
In the details ... are several things misseen, untrue, 
which is the worst species of mispainting. 
Carlyle, Sterling, ii. 5. (Dairies.) 
mispassiont (mis-pash'on), w. [< mj*-l + ^>os- 
^ -] Evil passion or feeling; wicked thought. 
Not only the outward act of murder is a breach of the 
but t j e jnward mig .^ sgfon of the heart also 
Lr> Hall Hard Texts Mat v 22 
mispayt (mis-pa'), f. t. [< ME. mispaien, mys- 
payen ' < F - *""' ^T" 
' ] T 
yversite 
In Englissh, and in writynge of our tonge, 
v 1796 
r t oret and D . ' ' 
i. i., pret. a pp. 
misname f mis-nam' ) 
im ;, 
named, ppr. mtsnammg. [< 
in urious 
-i + name.] To 
.J Hating the female sex ; woman- . 
hating. Gcncer, Conf. 
misogyny (mi-soj'i-ni), n. [= F mtiogynie = niispayret, . [ME., var. of depfV, 
?P' = Pg- misogynia = It. mtioginia, stitutld prefix mi.s-2.] Despair 
5 f <T0 5 /w/ . ! 8 /"7^o, hatred of women 
^ aajh^iwf. hating women: see mtsogynous.] 
Hatred of women. 
Amant., ii. 
with sub- 
. 
Un8Ultable r misologist (mi-sol'o-jist), n. 
.] A hater of reason. 
s he d the k Ed 
Dryveth the to grete myemure 
^S Ca^i W ii.^f.Tm 
[As misolog-y + mispenset (mis-pens'), n. See 
misperception (mis-per-sep'shon), n. 
[< 
And that thing made of sound and show 
Which mortals have misnamed a beau. 
Beattie, Wolf and Shepherds. 
misnomer (mis-no'mer), n. [< ME. "mesnomer, 
< OF. memomer, mesnommer,F. dial. , f :o,er 
misname, < me*- + nomer, nommer, name, < L! 
Bominare, name: see is-2 and nomwote.] 1. 
A misnaming; the act of applying a wrong 
name or designation. 
feet, home, 
this kingdom. 
2. 
- 
estruction of the constitution of 
Burie.ToaNobleLord. 
<^ eyc _ M., XIX 199 misperformance (mis-per-for ' mans), n. [< 
. , . . ._ , _. ,-, ims- 1 + itcrfiirmancc.] Bad or careless per- 
nilSOlOgUe (mis o-log), n. [< Gr. /o-&to}o<;, hat- f or mance 
'?f n ?^^ e " t : ,f - !?f "^ p A misologist. Jt an argument ^j^j the misper ^ ormance of daty . 
misolop (mi-sol o-ji), . [< Gr ^ao^ui, ha- H. r . e e cACT , N . A. Rev, CXL. 192. 
f ed f t^TT^' < fSf^*' hatmg ar g ument . mispersuadet (mig-per-swad'), v. t. [< jwfe-l + 
< ^, hate, + Aojof, discourse, argument, rea- ;>ersMorfe .] To persuade amiss; lead to a wrong 
^n: see Logos, -ology.] Hatred of reason. conclusion. 
The sombre hierarchs of misology, who take away the Poor re ducedsouls . . . were mispemmded to hate and 
mlSuasiblenesst 
) - r 
muasenesst 
f ve8 ' y ' u ' ^ ewes ' " lst ' Fnllos -' " 1(x) - r T , oua ii tv o f ,, ot heinf? nprsii 
. misoneism (mis-0-ne'izm), . [<Gr. /uaelv, V 
- at6 ' + **' "^ + ^^ ^^ f inD Va - P--aded by^T.fdeSeJclesTfGod 
r. ,. **, SeU-C.ture, 
an error m name; misstatement in a 
Erroneous opinion; wrong ideas. 
wye 
provided no party has been misfed or prejudiced. 
Hence 3. A mistaken name or designation; 
a misapplied term 
. 
The Anglican Church is constantly declared to be mere- 
ly a convenient misnomer for a subordinate function of 
the Legislature. H. N. Oxenham, Short Studies, p. 395. 
misnomer (mis-no'mer), v. t. f< misnomer n 1 
Todesignatebyamistaken or unsuitable name; 
misname. Bicliardson. [Rare.1 
misnumber (mis-num'ber), e. ( [< mis-l + 
number, v.] To number or wckon Zongly ; 
miscalculate. 
Which might well make it suspected that the armies by 
sea, before spoken of, were mitnumbered 
.RoietSrA, Hist. World, V. i. 8. 
misnurture (mis-ner'tur), V. t. ; pret. and pp. 
misnurtured, ppr. misniirturing. [< mis-l + r- 
ture.] To nurture or train wrongly. 
He would punish the parents misnurturing their chil- 
dren - Bp. Hall, Elisha Cursing the Children, 
canar tru. M , Sermon xv 
. , ., . . ,,.\ rx . , . 
miSOTdert (mis-or der), n. [< wts-i + order, n.] 
Disorder ; want of method ; irregularity. 
J 
See and consider it any mwarder be amongst our ser- 
uants or apprentises. BaMuyt's Voyages, I. 343. 
j! t ?. rt 'f 18 * sho ?' etn th ' id . ea { h ? ind 
W " h vainne88 ' frenz5 "' and 
/ - j- \ < r / ll 
(mis-or der), r. f. [< m-l + order, 
L r V HP" P "^^ an " SS ' PU * Ut f 
S?te?SJSl^St S^ofS^ inThTt'which 
%ffi& ^ f^Vy ne |ligence 
Hattuyfs Voyages, I. 262. 
If the child misse ... in misordering the sentence, I 
would not haue the master froune. 
Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 27. 
2. To misconduct ; misbehave : used chiefly re- 
flexively. 
or,i 
Jrd^ech was to reform their 
to whnn^he spake 
Hoo*er, Eccles. Polity, vii. 16. 
Sins that I acted upon wilful ignorance and voluntary 
mispersuasion. Jer. Taylor, Holy laving, iv. 10. 
. . . . , . . ., ,, 
mispickel (mis pik-el), . [= F. nngpicket, < G. 
mitptdctt, in 16th century also mispiicJcel, miss- 
pieckel, mistpuckel, mispickel ; origin obscure.] 
ame as lK 
misplace (mis-plas'), . ?. ; pret. and pp. JMM- 
pll f ct , a v r . mhplacin,,. (< mis-l + pKce, r.] 
To P^ce wrongly ; put in the wrong place ;' lo- 
cate improperly or unsuitably: as, to misplace 
a b k ; '""P^^ confidence. 
See wealth abused, and dignities mfcptearf. 
Cou>per, Tirocinium, 1. 815. 
E ry misplaced beauty is rather a defect. 
Goldvntth, Tlie Bee, No. a 
misplacement dnis-plas'ment), n. [< misplace 
+ -meat.] The act of misplacing, or putting in 
the wrong place. 
