missis

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English

Noun

missis (plural missises)

  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of missus, representing African-American Vernacular English.
    • 1878, quoted 2001, from a song by James Bland, an African American songwriter for minstrel shows, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). p. 192.
      Massa and missis have lone gone before me.
  2. (UK, colloquial) Alternative spelling or pronunciation spelling of missus.

Icelandic

Noun

missis

  1. indefinite genitive singular of missir

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

missīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of missus