MISGO

Etymology

Verb

misgo (third-person singular simple present misgoes, present participle misgoing, simple past miswent, past participle misgone)

(intransitive, now rare or dialect) To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.

Noun

misgo (plural misgoes)

An error or mistake

A miscarriage or abortion

Anagrams

• gismo

Source: Wiktionary


Mis*go", v. i.

Definition: To go astray. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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