Miso
[mee-soh; Japanese mee-saw] /ˈmi soʊ; Japanese ˈmi sɔ/
noun, Japanese Cookery.
1.
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
1.
a combining form meaning “hate,” with the object of hatred specified by the following element:
misogyny.
/ˈmiːsəʊ/
noun
1.
a thick brown salty paste made from soya beans, used to flavour savoury dishes, esp soups
combining form
1.
indicating hatred: misogyny
n.
type of paste used in Japanese cooking, 1727, from Japanese.
word-forming element meaning “hater, hatred,” before vowels, mis-, comb. form of Greek misos “hatred,” misein “to hate.” Productive as a word-forming element in ancient Greek, e.g. misoagathia “hatred of good or goodness;” misoponein “to hate work.” Forming many compounds in English, most of them obscure or recherche, but some perhaps useful, e.g. misocapnic (adj.) “hating (tobacco) smoke,” misocyny “hatred of dogs.”
miso- or mis-
pref.
Hatred: misogamy.
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