different between misdo vs misgo

English

Etymology

From Middle English misdon, from Old English misd?n (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missad?n? (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *d?n? (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- +? do. Cognate with Old Frisian misd?a (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misd?n (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m?s?du?/

Verb

misdo (third-person singular simple present misdoes, present participle misdoing, simple past misdid, past participle misdone)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To do evil.
2. (transitive) To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
3. (archaic, transitive) To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.

Anagrams

• mo-dis, odism

English

Etymology

From Middle English misgon, equivalent to mis- +? go.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /m?s????/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /?m?s???/

Verb

misgo (third-person singular simple present misgoes, present participle misgoing, simple past miswent, past participle misgone)

1. (intransitive, now rare or dialect) To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Parson's Tale:

     ther is a ful noble way, and ful covenable, which may not faile to man ne to womman, that thorugh synne hath mysgon fro the right way of Jerusalem celestial [...].

   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 6, Monk Samson:

     Brother Samson, in the time of the Antipopes, had been sent to Rome on business; and, returning successful, was too late,—the business had all misgone in the interim!

   • 1853, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, ch. 45:

     Let those pity her who can feel their own weakness and misgoing.

Noun

misgo (plural misgoes)

1. An error or mistake
2. A miscarriage or abortion

Anagrams

• gismo