mislace

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ lace.

Verb

mislace (third-person singular simple present mislaces, present participle mislacing, simple past and past participle mislaced)

1. To lace improperly.
   • 1901, Honoré de Balzac, George Saintsbury, Comédie Humaine, page 373:

     I opened a book which seemed to be mislaced, and found a thousand-franc note in it.

   • 1978, Samuel Astrachan, Katz-Cohen: A Novel, page 284:

     He dressed quickly, missing buttons, mislacing his high shoes, and he went out into the neon night.

   • 1983, Susan Arnout Smith, The Frozen Lady, page 306:

     The first week, an ashcarver from Ashtabula had hanged himself in quarters after the sergeant major had made him stand at attention for three days and nights for mislacing a legging.

   • 1994, Stephen King, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, page 272:

     For a day or two Tell even speculated on the possibility that Roger Daltrey himself might have taken a turn wearing the mislaced white sneakers.

Anagrams

• amelics, cis male, cis-male, cismale, claimes, malices