misease
UK/mɪsˈiːz/US/mɪsˈiz/
misease noun: suffering, distress.
Noun
misease
- Suffering, distress.
- Downe fell he ſounding, and the king, thus plaide with his miſeaſe: […]1598, Homer, translated by George Chapman, Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homere, Prince of Poets, Iohn Windet, page 124
- And moꝛeouer, the miſeaſe of hell ſhall bee in delaute of meat and dꝛinke.1602, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parſons tale”, in The workes of Geffray Chaucer
Origin of misease
From Middle English myssease, from Old French mesaise, from mes- (“mis-”) + aise (“ease”). Equivalent to mis- + ease. Cognate with French mésaise.
Words formed from misease
Words that rhyme with misease
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- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
Questions about misease
- What does misease mean?
- Misease means suffering, distress.
- What part of speech is misease?
- Misease is a noun.
- How do you pronounce misease?
- Misease is pronounced /mɪsˈiːz/ (UK).
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