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misease

[ mis-eez ]

noun

  1. Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
  2. Obsolete. poverty.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of misease1

1150–1200; Middle English misese < Old French mesaise. See mis- 1, ease

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Example Sentences

He called to his table such good knights as were in misease, by reason of prison or of war.

Launfal lay in great misease, because of his heavy thoughts, and the discomfort of his bed.

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