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misshapen

[mis-shey-puhn, mish-]

Origin

adjective

badly shaped; deformed.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English: past participle of misshape; see -en³

Related forms

mis·shap·en·ly, adverb

mis·shap·en·ness, noun

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verb (used with object), mis·shaped, mis·shaped or mis·shap·en, mis·shap·ing.

to shape badly or wrongly; deform.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see mis-¹, shape

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misshapen (ˌmɪsˈʃeɪp^ən)

—*adj*
	badly shaped; deformed

mis'shapenly

—*adv*

mis'shapenness

—n

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Word Origin & History

misshapen

"having a bad or ugly shape," late 14c.; see mis- (1) + shape (v.).

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