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English
Etymology
From mis- + lay.
Pronunciation
Verb
mislay (third-person singular simple present mislays, present participle mislaying, simple past and past participle mislaid)
- To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it.
1971, Nancy Anne Dyer, Tokugawa to Meiji Japan: a Resource Guide for Teachers, page 140:He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets.
Synonyms
Translations
to leave something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it
— see misplaceReferences
- “mislay”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “mislay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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