Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misbegot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-be-got
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin

Archaic

verb

simple past of misbeget

Example Sentences

"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:"
"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, 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."
"1992, Jack Hardy, “Forget-Me-Not” in the album Two of Swords, but who’s to say this love was misbegot with eyes as blue as forget-me-nots"

Etymology

From mis- + begot.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more misbegot (comparative) most misbegot (superlative)

Synonyms

bastardly misbegotten spurious

Questions

What does misbegot mean?: Misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin
Where does misbegot come from?: From mis- + begot.

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