mysspeken

Middle English

Alternative forms

mys-speken, misspeken, mispeken

Etymology

From mis- +‎ speken, or perhaps continuing Old English *misspecan, missprecan.

Verb

mysspeken (third-person singular simple present mysspeketh, present participle mysspekende, simple past mysspak, past participle mysspoken)

to misspeak (make an error while speaking)

Descendants

English: misspeak

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