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English
Etymology
From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- + turn.
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈmɪstɜː(ɹ)n/
Verb
misturn (third-person singular simple present misturns, present participle misturning, simple past and past participle misturned)
- (transitive) To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
- (intransitive) To go wrong; make a wrong turn.
Noun
misturn (plural misturns)
- A wrong turn.
1916, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods:At one of the dim cross-roads they had made a misturn, and were now wandering around without the slightest notion of where they were going.
1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit:They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.
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