misshape
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈmɪsʃeɪp/
Noun
misshape (plural misshapes)
- (obsolete) A misshapen person; a misshapen body. [14th-17th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.12:
- The one of them, that elder did appeare, / With her dull eyes did seeme to looke askew, / That her mis-shape much helpt [...].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.12:
- A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price. [from 19th c.]
- 1995, Jarvis Cocker et al., "Mis-Shapes":
- Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits / Raised on a diet of broken biscuits.
- 1995, Jarvis Cocker et al., "Mis-Shapes":
Verb
misshape (third-person singular simple present misshapes, present participle misshaping, simple past and past participle misshaped)
- To shape badly or incorrectly. [from 15th c.]
- 1989, John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: Ballantine Books, 1990, Chapter 9, p. 601,[1]
- Major Rawls drove us to our motel […] where a swimming pool with underwater lights had the disturbing effect of substantially enlarging and misshaping the swimmers.
- 1989, John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: Ballantine Books, 1990, Chapter 9, p. 601,[1]