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misdo

/mɪsˈduː/ UK

Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

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

verb misdoes · misdoing · misdid · misdone

archaic, intransitive To do evil; to commit misdeeds.
Similar: damage, harm, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, do evil, do harm, do ill, ill-treat, ill-use, make mischief, misdo
transitive To do (something) incorrectly or improperly. Afford me place to ſhew what recompence / Towards thee I intend for what I have miſdone,[…]
Similar: err, mess up, blow it, bobble, boob, crap up, miscue, drop a bollock, drop the ball, flub, flub up, foul up
archaic, transitive To do harm to; to injure, mistreat. thēne cam out a duchesse / & Clarysyn the countesse with many ladyes & damoysels / and knelyng bifore kynge Arthur requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte / & not to take it by assaulte for thenne shold many gyltles be slayne / thēne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble coūtena
Similar: damage, harm, abuse, annoy, bewound, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for, do ill, do violence to, forwork

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Español	malfacer, hacer mal, hacer malamente

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@misc{misdo_2026,
  title = {misdo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misdo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}