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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Missittand,) Myssyttand, ppl. a. [Late ME. missittynge (c 1430).] Unbecoming, unseemly. —1513 Doug. Comm. i. iii. 6.
That in the ded thrawis nain myssyttand word nor voce suld be hard of ther mowth
