mischallenge

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ challenge.

Noun

mischallenge (plural mischallenges)

1. (obsolete) A false or misguided challenge.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     ‘Lo! faitour, there thy meede unto thee take, / The meede of thy mischalenge and abet.’