myschevous
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPossibly borrowed from Anglo-Norman meschevous; however possibly formed from myschef + -ous; in that case, the Anglo-Norman form would be a borrowing from Middle English.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmyschevous
- Sorrowful, distraught; experiencing hardship or penury.
- Harmful, destructive, injurious, painful.
- Morally wrong; iniquitous, malicious, unfair.
Descendants
edit- English: mischievous
- Scots: mischievous
References
edit- “mischẹ̄vǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.