6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mis \Mis\ (m[i^]s), a. & adv. [See {Amiss}.] Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] "To correcten that [which] is mis." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mis- \Mis-\ (m[i^]s-). [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS. mis-; akin to D. mis-, G. miss-, OHG. missa-, missi-, Icel. & Dan. mis-, Sw. miss-, Goth. missa-; orig., a p. p. from the root of G. meiden to shun, OHG. m[imac]dan, AS. m[imac][eth]an ([root]100. Cf. {Miss} to fail of). In words from the French, fr. OF. mes-, F. m['e]-, mes-, fr. L. minus less (see {Minus}). In present usage these two prefixes are commonly confounded.] A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant. [1913 Webster] From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: MIS Management Information System From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: MIS Mega Iterations per Second From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: MIS {Management Information System} From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: MIS. A syllable which prefixed to some word signifies some fault or defect; as, misadventure, misprision, mistrial, and the like.
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