misspeak
Meanings
verb
- To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.
- To speak insultingly or disrespectfully.
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Etymology
From Middle English misspeken, mispeken, mysspeken, from Old English *misspecan, missprecan (“to murmur”), equivalent to mis- + speak.
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