miso-
(maɪsəʊ, mɪsəʊ)
before a vowel usually mis-, repr. Gr. µῑσο- (µῑσ-), combining form of the root of µῑσεῖν to hate, µῖσος hatred. The compounds formed in Greek with this prefix are of the same kind as those with the similar ϕιλο-, philo-, but, both in Greek and in English, they are much less numerous than in the case of the latter prefix. The most important adoptions and coinages will be found as main words, viz. misanthropy, misogamy, misogyny, misology, misoneism, and the related words; others, chiefly nonce-words, follow here. misandry, the hatred of males. misarchist, one who hates or opposes government in any form. misoˈbasilist [Gr. µῑσοβασιλεύς], a hater of kings. misoˈcapnic a. [In Bp. Montagu's Lat. edition (1619) of James I's works A Counterblaste to Tobacco appears as Misocapnus: Gr. καπνός smoke], hating tobacco smoke; so misoˈcapnist, a hater of tobacco smoke. misoˈcatholic a., hating what is (Roman) Catholic. ˈmisoclere a. [eccl. Gr. κλῆρος clergy], clergy-hating. miˈsocyny [Gr. κυν-, κύων dog], hatred of dogs. misoˈgallic a., characterized by hatred of the French. misogeˈlastic a. nonce-wd. [Gr. γελαστ-ός laughable (see agelast; cf. agelastic a. and n.)], hating laughter. misoˈgrammatist [Gr. γράµµατα ‘letters’, pl. of γράµµα letter], a hater of letters or learning. ˌmiso-Heˈllene [cf. Gr. µῑσέλλην], a hater of the Greeks. ˈmisomath, a hater of mathematics. misomoˈnarchical a., detesting monarchy. misoˈmusist [Gr. µοῦσα learning], a hater of learning. misoˈpædist [cf. Gr. µῑσοπαιδ-, µῑσόπαις], a child-hater. miso-ˈparson, a hater of parsons. misoˈpaterist, a hater of the Fathers of the Christian Church. misopogoˈnistically adv. [Gr. µισοπώγων name of a satire by the emperor Julian: πώγων beard], with a hatred of beards. misopoˈlemical a. [cf. Gr. µισοπόλεµος], war-hating. miˈsoscopist [Gr. σκοπεῖν to look at], a hater of sights. miˈsosophist [cf. Gr. µῑσόσοϕος], a hater of wisdom; so miˈsosophy, hatred of wisdom; so misoˈsophical a. misoˈtheism [cf. Gr. µῑσόθεος], hatred of God or gods; so misoˈtheist, misotheˈistic a. misotraˈmontanism, hatred of what is ‘tramontane’. misoˈtyranny [cf. Gr. µῑσοτύραννος], hatred of tyranny. ˈmisoxene [Gr. µῑσόξενος], a hater of strangers; so miˈsoxeny [Gr. µῑσοξενία], hatred of strangers. † misoˈxygenous a., having no chemical affinity for oxygen.
| 1946 Scrutiny XIII. 249 In the absence of feminine precedents, she [sc. Beatrice] could do no better than what she very sensibly does do: follow masculine example, and answer to their affected misogyny with the affectation of *misandry. 1960 B. Kaye Upper Nankin St. xii. 232 Such women are common in..Kwangtung Province, where there is a tradition of misandry. |
| 1898 L. F. Ward Outl. Sociol. x. 228 These *misarchists see the beneficent influences of natural law in the industrial world interfered with. |
| 1638 in Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) 43 Frome..All monster *Misobasilists..Almighty God deliver us. |
| 1855 Kingsley Westw. Ho! vii, That *Misocapnic Solomon James I. |
| 1839 ‘Joseph Fume’ Paper on Tobacco 70 Offending the nostrils of all *misocapnists with the fumes of his mundungus. |
| 1857 Ellis & Blackburn Rep. Cases Q.B. VII. 190 He would not have approved of the *misocatholic opinions. |
| 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. iv. 182 King Henry the sixth, acted herein by some *misoclere-Courtiers sent this Arch-Bishop for a New years-gift, a shred-pie. |
| 1889 Sat. Rev. 26 Oct. 450/1 They..seldom express their ‘*misocyny’..articulately. |
| 1897 Edin. Rev. July 31 The *misogallic language and policy of Signor Crispi. |
| 1877 G. Meredith Ess. Comedy in New Q. Mag. VIII. 2 It is but one step from being agelastic to *misogelastic. |
| a 1661 Fuller Worthies, Suffolk (1662) iii. 68 Wat Tyler..being a *Misogrammatist (if a good Greek word may be given to so Barbarous a Rebel). |
| 1868 Visct. Strangford Selection (1869) I. 345 A dastardly anti-Christian *miso-Hellene. |
| 1872 De Morgan Budget 418 The great *misomath of our own day. |
| 1644 Maxwell Prerog Chr. Kings 158 Our *Miso-monarchicall Statists and Sectaries. |
| 1642 Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. 116 Our better cause hath gained by this light: which doth convince our *Miso-musists. |
| 1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 655 Children, says the *misopaedist, are not only unfeeling. |
| 1795 G. Wakefield Reply 2nd Pt. Paine 54 For me, who am engaged in this controversy with our *miso-parson. |
| 1840 G. S. Faber Prim. Doctr. Regen. p. xvii, Lest it should be eagerly caught up, by some strenuous *Misopaterist, as stultifying the legitimate Principle of an Appeal to Antiquity. |
| 1842 Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets Poems 1890 V. 135 He and Basil..talked low and *misopogonistically of their fellow-student Julian's bearded boding smiles. |
| 1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 167 The *misopolemical Cobden. |
| 1873 Lowell Lett. (1894) II. iii He has become a thorough *misoscopist or hater of sights. |
| 1937 Philos. XII. 332 The disposition to be convinced of ill-founded or unfounded doctrines, or unconvinced of well-founded ones, is a ‘*misosophical’ disposition. |
| 1890 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 130, I am a *mysosophist! All wisdom is vanity, and I hate it! |
| 1820–30 Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 33 Schools of psilology..and *misosophy are here out of the question. 1937 Philos. XII. 319 A fraternity of persons of kindred credulities could only constitute a school of ‘misosophy’. |
| 1846 De Quincey Christianity Wks. 1859 XII. 251 Hypocrisy, the cringing of sycophants, and the credulities of fear, united to conceal this *misotheism. |
| 1881 H. Hartshorne Glance 20th Cent. 56 They unite ourselves..as *misotheists, against all that is called God. |
| Ibid., The new *Misotheistic Association. |
| 1846 De Quincey Mackintosh Wks. 1862 XII. 78 Machiavelli's fierce *misotramontanism. |
| 1874 Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece v. 148 The..known *miso-tyranny of the family. |
| 1883 Q. Rev. Jan. 197 His fellow *misoxene of a nearer East. |
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. ix. (1623) 614 Our *Misoxenie (or hatred to strangers) was no new qualitie. 1674 J. Josselyn Two Voy. 125 Both Men and Women are guilty of Misoxenie. |
| 1799 Sir H. Davy in Beddoes Contrib. Phys. & Med. Knowl. 223 The terms philoxygenous and *misoxygenous must be changed. |