misturn
/mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/
misturn verb: to turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
Verb
misturn (third-person singular simple present misturns, present participle misturning, simple past and past participle misturned)
Noun
misturn (plural misturns)
- A wrong turn.
- At one of the dim cross-roads they had made a misturn, and were now wandering around without the slightest notion of where they were going.1916, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods
- They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit
Forms of misturn
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | misturns |
| present participle | misturning |
| past participle | misturned |
| past | misturned |
| Noun | |
| plural | misturns |
Origin of misturn
From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- + turn.
Questions about misturn
- What does misturn mean?
- Misturn means to turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
- What part of speech is misturn?
- Misturn can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce misturn?
- Misturn is pronounced /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/.
- What is the past tense of misturn?
- The past tense of misturn is misturned.
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