mischieveとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French meschever, from mes- + chever.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈtʃiːv/

動詞

mischieve (三人称単数 現在形 mischieves, 現在分詞 mischieving, 過去形および過去分詞形 mischieved)

1. (obsolete) To destroy.
2. (now Scotland) To damage, do harm to; to injure.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX:

     thenne sire Tristram wold make no lenger delayes but lasshed at sir Lamorak / & thus they foughte longe / […] / Thenne sir Tristram seid to sir Lamorak in alle my lyf mette I neuer with suche a knyght that was soo bygge and well brethed as ye be / therfore said syre Tristram hit were pyte / that ony of vs both shold here be meschyeued

   • 1650, Moses his choice, with his eye fixed upon heaven, page 54:

     I have read of Augustine, that once by wandring out of his way, he escaped one who lay in wait to mischieve him;