"misgreet" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misgreets [present, singular, third-person], misgreeting [participle, present], misgreeted [participle, past], misgreeted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English *misgreten, from Old English misgrētan (“to affront; insult”), equivalent to mis- + greet. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*misgreten}} Middle English *misgreten, {{inh|en|ang|misgrētan||to affront; insult}} Old English misgrētan (“to affront; insult”), {{prefix|en|mis|greet}} mis- + greet Head templates: {{en-verb}} misgreet (third-person singular simple present misgreets, present participle misgreeting, simple past and past participle misgreeted)
  1. To greet wrongly; (by extension) to affront or insult Derived forms: misgreeting
    Sense id: en-misgreet-en-verb-OCqXGc7U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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