missis
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
missis (plural missises)
- (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of missus, representing African-American Vernacular English.
- 1878, quoted 2001, from a song by James Bland, an African American songwriter for minstrel shows, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). p. 192.
- Massa and missis have lone gone before me.
- 1878, quoted 2001, from a song by James Bland, an African American songwriter for minstrel shows, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). p. 192.
- (UK, colloquial) Alternative spelling or pronunciation spelling of missus.
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Passion”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 341:
- A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage.
Icelandic[edit]
Noun[edit]
missis
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmis.siːs/, [ˈmɪs̠ːiːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmis.sis/, [ˈmisːis]
Participle[edit]
missīs
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