misturn

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- +‎ turn.

Pronunciation

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  • (verb) IPA(key): /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/
  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈmɪstɜː(ɹ)n/

Verb

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misturn (third-person singular simple present misturns, present participle misturning, simple past and past participle misturned)

  1. (transitive) To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
  2. (intransitive) To go wrong; make a wrong turn.

Noun

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misturn (plural misturns)

  1. A wrong turn.
    • 1916, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods[1]:
      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.
    • 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit[2]:
      They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.

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