misshape
/ˈmɪsʃeɪp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price.
Example Sentences
- "The one of them, that elder did appeare, With her dull eyes did seeme to looke askew, That her mis-shape much helpt [...]."
- "Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits Raised on a diet of broken biscuits."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-West Germanic *gaskap Old English ġesċeap Proto-Germanic *skēpą Proto-West Germanic *skāp Old English sċeap Middle English schap English shape English misshape From mis- + shape.