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mishyphening

mishyphening is the present participle and gerund of mishyphen.

Meaning of mishyphen

Verb

mishyphen (third-person singular simple present mishyphens, present participle mishyphening, simple past and past participle mishyphened)

  1. (rare) 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
    Synonyms:
    mishyphenate

Questions about mishyphening

What is mishyphening the present participle and gerund of?
Mishyphening is the present participle and gerund of mishyphen.

Words near mishyphening in the dictionary

  1. mishyphenates
  2. mishyphenating
  3. mishyphenation
  4. mishyphenations
  5. mishyphened
  6. mishyphening
  7. mishyphens
  8. Misiak
  9. Misiaks
  10. Misiaszek
  11. Misiaszeks

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