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misgreeting

misgreeting is the present participle and gerund of misgreet.

Meaning of misgreet

Verb

misgreet (third-person singular simple present misgreets, present participle misgreeting, simple past and past participle misgreeted)

  1. To greet wrongly; (by extension) to affront or insult
    • If any of the gild misgreet another, let him pay a syster of honey, unless with two friends he can clear himself.1841, Sharon Turner, The history of the Anglo-Saxons from the earliest period to the Norman conquest, Volume 2

Questions about misgreeting

What is misgreeting the present participle and gerund of?
Misgreeting is the present participle and gerund of misgreet.

Words near misgreeting in the dictionary

  1. misgrasped
  2. misgrasping
  3. misgrasps
  4. misgreet
  5. misgreeted
  6. misgreeting
  7. misgreets
  8. misgrew
  9. misgrieve
  10. misgrieved
  11. misgrieves

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