misbegot
misbegot adjective: misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin. Also the simple past of misbeget.
Adjective
misbegot (comparative more misbegot, superlative most misbegot)
- Misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin
- Your words have took such pains as if they labour’d
To bring manslaughter into form and set quarrelling
Upon the head of valour; which indeed
Is valour misbegot and came into the world
When sects and factions were newly born:c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and... - A Man defective born or misbegot
To be therfor a Man deny wee not,
Nor thinck wee those defects deprive him can
Of attributes essentiall to a Man.1661, George Wither, Vox Vulgi: A Poem in Censure of the Parliament of 1661, edited by W. Dunn Macray, Oxford: James Parker & Co., 1880, p. 28, lines 537-538
- Your words have took such pains as if they labour’d
Also used as
misbegot is also the simple past of misbeget.
Forms of misbegot
| comparative | more misbegot |
|---|---|
| superlative | most misbegot |
Origin of misbegot
From mis- + begot.
Questions about misbegot
- What does misbegot mean?
- Misbegot means misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin.
- What part of speech is misbegot?
- Misbegot is an adjective.
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