misguide

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

English guide

English misguide

From mis- + guide.

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Verb

misguide (third-person singular simple present misguides, present participle misguiding, simple past and past participle misguided)

1. (transitive) To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error.

   Hyponym: misinform

   Synonym: mislead

   • 1895, Henry Maudsley, The Pathology of Mind, page 541:

     On the whole it were better to misguide a child in knowledge, which it can remedy later, than to mistone it in feeling, for which there is no remedy. A jarring note implanted in its nature might spoil the music of its life […]

   • 1988, Michael Weikath, "Keeper of the Seven Keys", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II.

     Will o' the wisps / Misguiding your path / You can't throw a curse / Without takin' their wrath

Derived terms

• misguider
• misguidingly