misshapen

English

Alternative forms

mis-shapen
mishapen (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mysshapen, misse shapen, mysshape, mysshap; equivalent to mis- +‎ shapen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪsˈʃeɪ.pən/, (commonly) [mɪʃˈʃeɪ.pən]

Adjective

misshapen (comparative more misshapen, superlative most misshapen)

Having a bad, ugly or awkward shape; deformed; malformed.
Synonyms: misproportioned; see also Thesaurus:misshapen
Morally or intellectually warped.

Quotations

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 18:
Pro. This miſhapen knaue [i.e., Caliban]; / His Mother was a Witch, […]

Derived terms

Translations

deformed

Bulgarian: деформиран (bg) (deformiran), уродлив (bg) (urodliv)
Finnish: vääristynyt, epämuodostunut
Galician: deforme (gl), contrafeito
German: missgestaltet (de)
Greek:
Ancient: δύσμορφος (dúsmorphos)
Irish: anchumtha, dodhealbhach, míchruthach, míchumtha
Italian: deforme (it)
Latin: dēfōrmis, distortus
Norwegian: vanskapt, misdannet
Persian: بیریخت‎ (birixt)
Plautdietsch: draljedreit
Polish: zniekształcony, niekształtny
Russian: деформи́рованный (ru) m (deformírovannyj)
Scots: hurklin
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: деформисан

Roman: deformisan (sh)
Swedish: vanskapt (sv), missbildad (sv)

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