misthink

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪsˈθɪŋk/
Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Verb

misthink (third-person singular simple present misthinks, present participle misthinking, simple past and past participle misthought)

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To think wrongly or badly (of).
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  Adam misthought of her.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
  Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought
  For things that others do, and when we fall
  We answer others’ merits in our name,
  Are therefore to be pitied.
(intransitive, obsolete) To have sinful thoughts.

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