misdo

 [mis-doo]   Origin

mis·do

   [mis-doo] verb, mis·did, mis·done, mis·do·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
verb (used without object)
2.
Obsolete. to behave improperly.

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Origin:
before 950; Middle English misdon, Old English misdōn. See mis-1, do1

Related forms
mis·do·er, noun
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misdo
O.E. misdon, "to do evil or wrong," common Gmc. compound (cf. O.Fris. misdua, M.Du. misdoen, Ger. misstun); see mis- (1) + do. Meaning "to do (work, etc.) improperly" is from 1840.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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