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miscreed

miscreed noun: a bad or wrong creed.

Noun

miscreed (plural miscreeds)

  1. (poetic) A bad or wrong creed.
    • For foul faith's sake or craft of their miscreed1874, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Bothwell: A Tragedy, page 25
    • Why then should man, teasing the world for grace, / Spoil his salvation for a fierce miscreed?1901, John Keats, “On Fame”, in The Complete Works of John Keats: Posthumous poems 1819-1820

Forms of miscreed

pluralmiscreeds

Origin of miscreed

From mis- + creed.

Questions about miscreed

What does miscreed mean?
Miscreed means a bad or wrong creed.
What part of speech is miscreed?
Miscreed is a noun.
What is the plural of miscreed?
The plural of miscreed is miscreeds.

Words near miscreed in the dictionary

  1. miscredit
  2. miscredited
  3. miscrediting
  4. miscredits
  5. miscredulity
  6. miscreed
  7. miscreeds
  8. miscrna
  9. miscrnas
  10. miscrop
  11. miscropped

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