misshapen

English

Alternative forms

• mis-shapen
• mishapen (obsolete)

Etymology

From 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.
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, [Act V, scene i], page 18:

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

Derived terms

• misshapenly
• misshapenness

Translations

deformed

• Greek:

  Ancient: δύσμορφος (dúsmorphos)

• Irish: anchumtha, dodhealbhach, míchruthach, míchumtha
• Italian: deforme (it)
• Latin: dēfōrmis, distortus
• Norwegian: vanskapt, misdannet
• Persian: بیریخت (birixt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: деформи́рованный (ru) m (deformírovannyj)
• Scots: hurklin
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: деформисан

  Roman: deformisan (sh)

• Swedish: vanskapt (sv), missbildad (sv)