miseased
miseased adjective: suffering, in pain; having discomfort or misery; troubled.
Adjective
miseased (comparative more miseased, superlative most miseased)
- Suffering, in pain; having discomfort or misery; troubled.
- Yet foꝛaſmuch as it muſt of neceſſitie be knowne, what is vertue, & vice: beꝛore a mā can well, & wiſely liue, embꝛacing the one, and eſchewing the other: eyther to make ſoūde the ſicke minde (incaſe it be miſeaſed, & hath a will to bee relieued) take this doctrine, as a medicine: oꝛels to cōfirme...1556, Marcvs Tullius Ciceroes [i.e., Cicero], “The preface to the reader”, in Nicholas Grimalde [i.e., Nicholas Grimald], transl., Marcvs Tullius Ciceroes Thre Bokes of Duties to Marcus His ſonne...
- Upon which miſericoꝛde followeth pite, in perfoꝛming and fulfilling of charitable woꝛkes of mercie, helping & comfoꝛting him that is miseased.1598 [a. 1401], Geffrey Chavcer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “The Parſons tale”, in The Workes of Our Antient and Learned Engliſh Poet, Geffrey Chavcer Newly Printed, London, folio 110
Forms of miseased
| comparative | more miseased |
|---|---|
| superlative | most miseased |
Origin of miseased
From Middle English mysesed, myseised, myssaysid. Equivalent to mis- + eased or misease + -ed.
Questions about miseased
- What does miseased mean?
- Miseased means suffering, in pain; having discomfort or misery; troubled.
- What part of speech is miseased?
- Miseased is an adjective.
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