misshapen

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)

1. Having a bad, ugly or awkward shape; deformed; malformed.

   Synonyms: misproportioned; see also Thesaurus:misshapen

2. 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 606515358, [Act V, scene i], page 18:

  Pro. This miſhapen knaue [i.e., Caliban]; / His Mother was a Witch, […]

Derived terms

• misshapenly
• misshapenness

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)