misrule
misrule is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act, or the result, of misruling.
- 2.Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. Pope. Abbot, or Lord, of Misrule. See under Abbot, and Lord.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- amateur
- ass
- awkward
- bad
- blunderer
- blunderhead
- bungler
- clod
- coach
- conjurer
- dauber
- deceiver
- duffer
- fair
- fire
- fish
- flat
- fresh
- fumbler
- galoot
- greenhorn
- hand
- horse
- jackdaw
- land
- learner
- looby
- lord
- lubber
- marine
- marplot
- muff
- never
- novice
- omnibus
- out
- pas
- poor
- poudre
- quack
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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