misanswer
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to answer badly, wrongly, or incorrectly
- (transitive) to answer scornfully or abusively
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English misansweren prefix from English answer.
Origin
English
answer
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- answer English
- answer print English
- answerability English
- answerable English
- answerer English
- answerest English
- answereth English
- answering English
- answerless English
- answerphone English
- autoanswer English
- foreanswer English
- multianswer English
- nonanswer English
- reanswer English
- answere Middle English
- answeren Middle English
- misansweren Middle English
- ansa Tok Pisin