misease

[ mis-eez ]

noun

1. Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
2. Obsolete. poverty.

Word History and Origins

Origin of misease¹

1150–1200; Middle English misese < Old French mesaise. See mis- ¹, ease

Example Sentences

He called to his table such good knights as were in misease, by reason of prison or of war.

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Launfal lay in great misease, because of his heavy thoughts, and the discomfort of his bed.

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