disnatured

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ natured +‎ -ed: compare Old French desnaturé, French dénaturé.

Adjective

disnatured (comparative more disnatured, superlative most disnatured)

1. (obsolete) Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

     Create her child of spleen, that it may live
     And be a thwart disnatured torment to her

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “disnatured”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)