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Webster 1913 Edition


Missis

Mis′sis

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Noun.
A mistress; a wife; – so used by the illiterate.
G. Eliot.

Definition 2024


missis

missis

English

Noun

missis (plural missises)

  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Eye dialect spelling of missus, representing African American Vernacular English.
    • From a song by James Bland, an African American songwriter for minstrel shows, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (1878); quoted in 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 192.
      Massa and missis have lone gone before me.

Icelandic

Noun

missis

  1. indefinite genitive singular of missir

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmis.siːs/, [ˈmɪs.siːs]

Participle

missīs

  1. inflection of missus:
    1. dative masculine plural
    2. dative feminine plural
    3. dative neuter plural
    4. ablative masculine plural
    5. ablative feminine plural
    6. ablative neuter plural