Mis

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.