amiss
adjective
- out of order; not right
adverb
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Pronunciation: /əˈmɪs/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English miss English amiss From a- + miss.
- 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.
- 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.”
- Astray.
- Imperfectly.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English miss English amiss From a- + miss.
- 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[…].”