misbid

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word misbid. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word misbid, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say misbid in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word misbid you have here. The definition of the word misbid will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmisbid, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From the fusion of Middle English misbidden (to mistreat; equivalent to mis- +‎ bid) and Middle English misbeden (“to mistreat; abuse; outrage; offend; insult”), from Old English misbēodan (“to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, announce wrongly”), equivalent to mis- +‎ bid (“to offer, declare”).

Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA(key): /mɪsˈbɪd/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈmɪsbɪd/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Verb

misbid (third-person singular simple present misbids, present participle misbidding, simple past misbid or misbad or misbade, past participle misbidden)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To injure; mistreat.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To insult; offend.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To make an incorrect offer or bid.
    • 1988, Madeleine M. Leininger, Care, discovery and uses in clinical and community nursing:
      I did my bids for that month and I misbid, and I bid all weekends.
  4. (transitive, intransitive, card games) To bid incorrectly; bid higher or lower than actual.
    • 2004, Jim Priebe, Takeout Double: A Bridge Mystery:
      After apologizing profusely for his errors on the first two hands, he misbid the last hand and they ended up in fifth place.

Derived terms

Noun

misbid (plural misbids)

  1. An incorrect bid or offer.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia