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单词 misgotten
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misgottenadj.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈɡɒtn/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡɑtn/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and gotten adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, gotten adj.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + gotten adj., after misget v. Compare also misbegetten adj. and misbegotten adj.
Now rare.
1. Wrongly acquired or obtained; ill-gotten.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > by evil means
wrong-gotten1388
evil winc1425
extort1430
misgottena1450
evil-gotten1539
ill-gottena1555
misbegotten1591
ill-gota1616
a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2628 Mysgotyn good þe schal schende.
1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Ciii The goodis mysgoten that men do ther at wynne.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. i. sig. Z6 Leaue..that misgotten weft To him, that hath it better iustifyde. View more context for this quotation
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. ix. 483 Secretly-mis-gotten dispensations.
1793 J. Thelwall Peripatetic III. 61 Mighty Statesmen hurl'd From Power's misgotten, or polluted Seat.
1879 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 311/1 I come to win back thy misgotten prize.
1903 W. S. Jackson Nine Points of Law vi. 171 Here was he with a trunk-load of misgotten gold wandering haphazard..over two countries.
2. = misbegotten adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > illegitimate
cheves-bornOE
misbegetc1325
bastc1330
misbegettenc1330
bastard1376
unlawfula1425
naturalc1425
illegitime1502
base1529
base-begot1534
illegitimate1536
misbegotten1554
bastarded1579
misborn1583
nameless1594
spurious1598
unfathered1600
misgotten1623
misbegot1626
baseborn1645
slip-sprung1665
born in (or under or out of) wedlock1675
side wind1738
love-begotten1761
born on the wrong side of the blanket1771
anonymous1869
sinistral1897
1623 J. Abbot Iesus Præfigured i. 22 That Adam must Father, the mis-gotten brat.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila ii. xxxi. 27 Misgotten Brat!
1904 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 89/1 Cornwallis sahib..had beaten Tippu, and those misgotten Mysore log [= men].
1976 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 14 917/2 Pajestka firmly believes in the power of ideas, misgotten and otherwise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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