misthrive, v.
(mɪsˈθraɪv)
[mis-1 7.]
intr. To be unsuccessful; not to thrive. Hence misˈthriven ppl. a., unsuccessful, unprosperous; misˈthriving vbl. n., failure.
| 1567 Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 187 And thocht thay fuffe at it, and blaw..The mair thay blaw..The mair it dois mis⁓thryue. 1599 Jas. I βασιλ. Δωρον (1682) 51 This oversight hath beene the greatest cause of my mis-thriving in money matters. 1609 A. Craig Poet. Recr. (1873) 5 Amongst so many children some must mis-thrive and proue naght. 1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' vi, And ay till this mis thriven age, The gudeman here sat like a sage. 1844 N. Brit. Rev. II. 34 A starving, misthriven, and wretched population. |