AMISS', a. a and miss. See Miss.
1. Wrong faulty out of order improper as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. This adjective always follows its noun.
2. adv. In a faulty manner contrary to propriety, truth, law or morality.
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James 4 .
Applied to the body, it signifies indisposed as, I am somewhat amiss to day.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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