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missounding

missounding is the present participle and gerund of missound.

Meaning of missound

Verb

missound (third-person singular simple present missounds, present participle missounding, simple past and past participle missounded)

  1. To sound or pronounce wrongly.
    • Every word in English of more than one Syllable has a fixed accent established by the custom of the language, to misplace which is as offensive to the propriety of speech, as to missound the vowel.1808, R.s. Skillern, A New System of English Grammar, page 128

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Questions about missounding

What is missounding the present participle and gerund of?
Missounding is the present participle and gerund of missound.

Words near missounding in the dictionary

  1. Missoula County
  2. Missoulian
  3. Missoulians
  4. missound
  5. missounded
  6. missounding
  7. missounds
  8. Missourah
  9. Missouran
  10. Missourans
  11. missource

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