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amiss

adjective

  1. out of order; not right
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adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈmɪs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English miss English amiss From a- + miss.

  1. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

    He suspected something was amiss.

    Something amiss in the arrangements had distracted the staff.

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English miss English amiss From a- + miss.

  1. Wrongly; mistakenly

    The fire seven times tried this: Seven times tried that judgement is, That did never choose amiss. Some there be that shadows kiss: Such have but a shadow's bliss. There be fools alive, I wis, Silver'd o'er; and so was this. I will ever be your head: So be gone: you are sped.

    We shall not do amiss to notice, also, that in ordinary conversation, a few words are used as Turkish singulars, which are, in reality, Arabic plurals; but this is not correct in writing.

  2. Astray.
  3. Imperfectly.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English miss English amiss From a- + miss.

  1. Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

    Now by my head (said Guyon) much I muse, / How that same knight should do so foule amis[…].

    Yet Love, thou'rt blinder then thy self in this, / To vex my Dove-like friend for my amiss[…].