amiss

views updated May 14 2018

a·miss / əˈmis/ • adj. not quite right; inappropriate or out of place: there was something amiss about his calculations.• adv. dated wrongly or inappropriately: the danger of her loving amiss.PHRASES: take something amiss be offended by something that is said, typically through misinterpreting the intentions behind it.

amiss

views updated Jun 11 2018

amiss XIII. ME. a mis, on mis, prob. — ON. á mis so as to miss or not to meet, i.e. á ON, A-1, mis, rel. to MISS1.