AMISSES
Noun
amisses
plural of amiss
Anagrams
• Essaism, Massies, Messias
Source: Wiktionary
AMISS
A*miss", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + miss.]
Definition: Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak.
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3.
To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or
thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take
these questions amiss.
A*miss", a.
Definition: Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss
to ask advice.
Note: [Used only in the predicate.] Dryden.
His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in
himself or his circumstances. Wollaston.
A*miss", n.
Definition: A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition