missis

«missis» in Mova's school dictionary: a spoken form of «missus»: a wife, or a polite way to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (missises)

meaning for a pupil

(old use, dialect) Missis is a spoken form of «missus»: a wife, or a polite way to speak to a woman. tree →

sense in the lessons

a plain, country way of speaking to a woman in old stories

examples

• «Good morning, missis,» said the farmer. tree →
• The missis made tea for the visitors. tree →
• «Hi, missis, where is the road?» he asked. tree →
• Her missis was in the kitchen. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «missis» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.