misbehadden

English

Adjective

misbehadden (comparative more misbehadden, superlative most misbehadden)

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of misbeholden
   • 1836, Robert Burns, James Hogg, William Motherwell, The Works of Robert Burns - Volume 5, page 197:

     Na, na, poor fellow; his complaints were a' of himsel! He never complained either of the bairns or me. He never said a misbehaddan word to me a' the days of his life.

   • 1879, Charlotte Louisa H. Dempster, Within sound of the sea, page 85:

     It's real misbehadden o' him. I hae telt him that afore ; but he puts a' kinds o' advice in the cat's lug. What in the wardle ails him that he canna bide at hame?

   • 1887, Henrietta Keddie, Logie town, by Sarah Tytler - Volume 1, page 118:

     In all that time I've never heard him speak a misbehadden word or known him commit a misbehadden action.

   • 2004, Liz Curtis Higgs, Fair is the rose, →ISBN, page 68:

     "Misbehadden, as Neda would say?" "Aye, most improper."