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mistelling

mistelling is the present participle and gerund of mistell.

Meaning of mistell

Verb

mistell (third-person singular simple present mistells, present participle mistelling, simple past and past participle mistold)

  1. (transitive) To tell inaccurately.

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Noun

mistelling (plural mistellings)

  1. An incorrect telling.
    • The story's original meaning has become lost after years of mistellings.

Forms of mistelling

pluralmistellings

Questions about mistelling

What does mistelling mean?
Mistelling means an incorrect telling.
What is mistelling the present participle and gerund of?
Mistelling is the present participle and gerund of mistell.
What part of speech is mistelling?
Mistelling is a noun.
What is the plural of mistelling?
The plural of mistelling is mistellings.

Words near mistelling in the dictionary

  1. Mistelbach
  2. mistell
  3. mistella
  4. mistelle
  5. mistelles
  6. mistelling
  7. mistellings
  8. mistells
  9. mistemper
  10. mistempered
  11. mistempering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mistelling (page history and authors); mistell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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