missay

verb

mis·​say

(ˈ)mi(s)+

transitive verb

: to speak evil of : slander

rebuked, reviled, missaid thee

—Alfred Tennyson

intransitive verb

: to say something wrong or incorrect

knew … what the press … would missay, misunderstand, understate, and exaggerate about him

—H. S. Canby

Word History

Etymology

Middle English misseyen, missayen, from mis- entry 1 + seyen, sayen to say

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