Word Meanings - MISTAUGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth. L'Estrange.

ESTRANGE
extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and
ESTRANGER
One who estranges.
TAUGHT
See TOTTEN
YOUTHSOME
Youthful. Pepys.
YOUTHY
Young. Spectator.
YOUTHFUL
Also used figuratively. "The youthful season of the year." Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports. "Warm, youthful blood." Shak. "Youthful thoughts." Milton. 3. Fresh;
ESTRANGEDNESS
State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne.
YOUTHHOOD
The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth. Cheyne.
ESTRANGEMENT
The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp. A long estrangement from better things. South.
YOUTH
geogoth; akin to OS. jugth, D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G. jugend, Goth. 1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility. "In my flower of youth." Milton. Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial. Milton. 2. The part of life that
YOUTHLY
Young; youthful. "All my youthly days." Spenser.
MISTAUGHT
Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth. L'Estrange.
WRONGLY
In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak.
BETAUGHT
Delivered; committed in trust.
SELF-TAUGHT
Taught by one's own efforts.