Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misgotten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-got-ten
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From misget, equivalent to mis- + gotten.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does misgotten mean?
ill-gotten
Where does misgotten come from?
From misget, equivalent to mis- + gotten.

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