mishyphen
mishyphen verb: synonym of mishyphenate.
Verb
mishyphen (third-person singular simple present mishyphens, present participle mishyphening, simple past and past participle mishyphened)
- Synonym of mishyphenate.
- The Folio prints this with these errors of transposition and mishyphening: ' the honey-heauy-dew.'1864, Charles Cowden Clarke, Cassell's illustrated Shakespeare., page 279
- Of the tentative way in which the President's medical attendant's name has been spelled and misspelled and dissevered and mishyphened, we shall say nothing.1899 February 25, “Newspaper Medical Expressions”, in The Medical News, volume 74, page 241
- Synonyms:
- mishyphenate
Synonyms of mishyphen
Forms of mishyphen
| third-person singular present | mishyphens |
|---|---|
| present participle | mishyphening |
| past participle | mishyphened |
| past | mishyphened |
Origin of mishyphen
From mis- + hyphen.
Questions about mishyphen
- What does mishyphen mean?
- Mishyphen means synonym of mishyphenate.
- What part of speech is mishyphen?
- Mishyphen is a verb.
- What is the past tense of mishyphen?
- The past tense of mishyphen is mishyphened.
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