amissing

English

Etymology

From a misinterpretation of a-missing (a- + missing) as a single word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmɪsɪŋ/

Adjective

amissing (comparative more amissing, superlative most amissing)

1. Missing, lacking.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Dray Wara Yow Dee’, Black and White, volume 1, Folio Society, published 2004, page 369:

     Kamal is dead now, but his nephew has taken up the matter, and there will be more horses amissing if the Khaiber Levies do not look to it.