# missay

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To speak ill of (someone).
2. To say something erroneous; to speak wrongly.

## Etymology
From Middle English misseien, misseyen, misseggen, equivalent to mis- + say. Cognate with Middle Dutch misseggen (“to missay”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/missay