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amiss

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

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.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

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.

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amiss

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

amiss •abyss, amiss, bis, bliss, Chris, Diss, hiss, kiss, Majlis, miss, piss, reminisce, sis, Swiss, this, vis •dais •Powys, prowess •loess, Lois •Lewes, lewis •abbess • ibis •Anubis, pubis •cannabis • arabis • duchess • purchase •caddis, Gladys •Candice •Sardis, Tardis •vendace • Charybdis •bodice, goddess •demigoddess • Aldiss • jaundice •de profundis • prejudice • hendiadys •cowardice • stewardess • preface •Memphis • aphis • edifice • benefice •orifice • artifice • office •surface, surface-to-surface •undersurface • haggis • aegis •burgess •clerkess, Theodorákis •Colchis

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