miscontent

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ content.

Adjective

miscontent (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) discontent[1]
    • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 23, 27–28:
      Thys boke we have devysed, […]
      In hope that no man shall
      Be myscontent withall.

Verb

miscontent (third-person singular simple present miscontents, present participle miscontenting, simple past and past participle miscontented)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) discontent

References

  1. ^ “miscontent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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