misteach

From Middle English mistechen, from Old English mistǣċan (“to teach amiss, teach falsely”), equivalent to mis- +‎ teach.

misteach (third-person singular simple present misteaches, present participle misteaching, simple past and past participle mistaught)

1. To teach incorrectly.
   • 1989 April 22, Jay Reed, “Naming and Confronting Gay Male Battering”, in Gay Community News, page 9:

     Men are mistaught many things: that violence and control of others are acceptable, that they are strong and therefore entitled to be violent. Similarly they are taught that they are not victims; that they can and should take care of themselves. For gay men, this heritage can lead to violence in their relationships and denial about their victimization.

• mistaught
• misteaching

• hematics, tachisme

From Latin mysticus, with influence from -ach (adjectival suffix), from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”).

misteach m (genitive singular mistigh, nominative plural mistigh)

1. mystic

misteach (genitive singular masculine mistigh, genitive singular feminine mistí, plural misteacha, comparative mistí)

1. mystic, mystical

• (relating to mysticism): mistiúil
• (mystical): rúndiamhair, fáthrúnda

• misteachas m (“mysticism”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “misteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN