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amiss

/əˈmɪs/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɪs

adjective more amiss · most amiss

predicative Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect. He suspected something was amiss.
Similar: awry

adverb

archaic, not comparable Wrongly; mistakenly The fire seven times tried this: Seven times tried that judgement is, That did never choose amiss. Some there be that shadows kiss: Such have but a shadow's bliss. There be fools alive, I wis, Silver'd o'er; and so was this. I will ever be your head: So be gone: you are sped.
not comparable Astray.
not comparable Imperfectly.

noun

obsolete Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed. Now by my head (said Guyon) much I muse, / How that same knight should do so foule amis[…].

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adj wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect — see also wrong

Español	estar mal, fuera de lugar
Português	errado
Italiano	sbagliato, erroneo, improprio
Русский	нела́дно neládno, не та́к ne ták

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@misc{amiss_2026,
  title = {amiss},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amiss},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}