misrule
21misrule — n. 1. Mismanagement, misgovernment, maladministration. 2. Disorder, anarchy, confusion, tumult, riot …
22misrule — n 1. misgovernment, mismanagement, misdirection, misguidance, maladministration. 2. disorder, chaos, commotion; tumult, turmoil, turbulence, rioting; lawlessness, anarchy, frontier justice, lynch law, mob rule, mobocracy. v 3. misgovern,… …
23misrule — mis·rule …
24misrule — mis•rule [[t]mɪsˈrul[/t]] n. v. ruled, rul•ing 1) bad or unwise rule; misgovernment 2) disorder or lawlessness 3) to rule badly; misgovern • Etymology: 1300–50 …
25misrule — /mɪsˈrul/ (say mis roohl) noun 1. bad or unwise rule; misgovernment. 2. disorder or lawless tumult. –verb (t), verb (i) (misruled, misruling) 3. → misgovern. –misruler, noun …
26misrule — n. & v. n. bad government; disorder. v.tr. govern badly …
27Abbot of Misrule — Misrule Mis*rule , n. 1. The act, or the result, of misruling. [1913 Webster] 2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. [1913 Webster] Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. Pope. [1913 Webster] {Abbot of Misrule}, or {Lord of Misrule}.… …
28Lord of Misrule — Misrule Mis*rule , n. 1. The act, or the result, of misruling. [1913 Webster] 2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. [1913 Webster] Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. Pope. [1913 Webster] {Abbot of Misrule}, or {Lord of Misrule}.… …
29Lord of Misrule — For other uses, see Lord of Misrule (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Lords of Misrule (disambiguation). In England, the Lord of Misrule known in Scotland as the Abbot of Unreason and in France as the Prince des Sots was an officer… …
30Lord of Misrule — noun a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration • Hypernyms: ↑master of ceremonies, ↑emcee, ↑host * * * Etymology: Middle English lorde of mysrewle 1. : one chosen to preside over the Christmas revels at court, in noble… …
