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单词 misshapen
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misshapenadj.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈʃeɪp(ə)n/, /ˌmɪʃˈʃeɪp(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈʃeɪp(ə)n/, /ˌmɪ(ʃ)ˈʃeɪp(ə)n/
Forms: Middle English mischapon, Middle English mischapyn, Middle English misschapen, Middle English misschapin, Middle English myschapene, Middle English myschapon, Middle English mysshapon, Middle English 1800s misshappen, Middle English–1500s mischapen, Middle English–1500s misseshapen, Middle English–1500s myschapen, Middle English–1500s myshapen, Middle English–1500s mysshapen, Middle English– misshapen, 1500s mishapin, 1500s misshapin, 1500s myshapin, 1500s–1600s mishapen; also Scottish pre-1700 mischapen, pre-1700 mischapin, pre-1700 mischappin.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, shapen adj.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + shapen adj. Compare misshape adj., misshape n., misshape v., misshapen v., misshaping n., misshaped adj.
1. Having a bad, ugly, or wrong shape; ill-shaped; deformed; monstrous.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective]
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
forshapenc1440
misfashioned?a1513
inform1555
fromshapen1581
misformed1590
informous1610
disjointed1652
ill-formeda1672
abnormous1710
malformed1817
dislocated1830
aberrated1976
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > not shapely or deformed
unshapelyc1200
forcrookedc1305
deform1382
froward shapena1400
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
misshape1440
deformablec1450
disformatea1492
misshapeda1500
deformate?a1505
fashionless1581
unfashionable1597
shapeless1598
ill-proportioned1602
disformed1665
untrained1871
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 8076 (MED) Sagh men neuer..sa misshapen creatures.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 688 (MED) It was grete harme of the duerf that was so mysshapen, for he is bolde and hardy.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 637/1 He is the moste mysshapen slovyn that ever you sawe.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 5482 Mysshapon bestes.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 123 b It sildome falleth out, that a good minde is lodged in a mishapen bodie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) i. ii. 237 On me, that halts, and am mishapen [1597 vnshapen] thus?
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 132 A misshapen, ugly Race; The Curse of God was seen on ev'ry Face.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 50. ¶3 An huge mis-shapen Rock that grew upon the Top of the Hill.
1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xv. 281 The College and Hospital are rude, mis-shapen piles.
1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea iv. 48 Jagged, misshapen pieces of silver.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits viii. 137 The misshapen hairy Scandinavian troll.
1907 Practitioner Oct. 528 The misshapen cartilage having been entirely removed,..all obstruction on the part of the septum is a thing of the past.
1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden xvii. 184 She was misshapen; her belly, tight and heavy and distended.
1978 D. Smith Cookery Course I. 214 The tubers do look most misshapen, covered with daunting knobbly bits.
2000 C.-P. Adler Bone Dis. iii. 40/2 Below the cartilage there are misshapen, irregularly placed, ungainly bone trabeculae.
2. figurative and in extended use. Originally: †immoral, sinful, morally repugnant (obsolete). Now: badly formed, framed, or executed; distorted, perverted.According to Johnson, ‘mis-shapen’ in quot. 1599 ‘perhaps..signifies ill directed; as to shape a course’.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective]
awlyc1200
grievousa1300
grilla1300
uglya1300
strongc1300
outrageousa1325
heinousc1374
excessive1393
curseda1400
fella1400
misshapenc1400
rankc1400
monstruousc1425
enorm1481
prodigiousc1487
villainous1489
nefand1490
sceleratea1513
monstrous1531
funestal1538
enormious1545
facinorous1548
flagitious1550
dire1567
bonable1575
felonious1575
bomination1589
unvenial?1589
heathenish1592
enormous1593
villainous1598
nameless1611
pitchy1612
funest1636
funestous1641
scarleta1643
nefandous1649
aversable1663
atrocious1669
frightful1700
flagrant1706
atrocea1734
diabolical1750
unspeakable1831
society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > morally repulsive
uglya1300
misshapenc1400
deformed1555
slimy1575
squalida1660
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1355 Al watz þe mynde of þat man on misschapen þinges.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xixv If I shulde wryte all the ylles manyfolde, That procedeth of this counterfayt abusion And mysshapen fassions: I neuer shulde haue done.
1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 59 A mis~shapin illfavorid freshe copy of my precious poems.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 130 Thy wit, that ornament, to shape and loue, Mishapen in the conduct of them both. View more context for this quotation
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxiv. 65 Crooked and mishapen mindes.
1635 Julia in J. Donne Poems 97 Mishapen Cavils, palpable untroths.
1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 Their ordnary designes [in tapestry] for the most part being deformed and mishapen.
1807 Narr. Life H. Tufts iii. iv. 317 But no more of this futile language [sc. cant]; may it return to Europe, where it received its misshapen birth.
1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (1850) I. iv. 214 Some dozen..mis-shapen, nine-cornered Dutch oaths and epithets which crowded at once into his gullet.
1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 196 So we pass..from one droll devotion to another misshapen passion.
1957 E. Dahlberg Sorrows of Priapus v. 54 Man is at present in a misshapen stage, neither possessing the gentler customs of the beast, nor the faculties of the angel.
1981 D. Potter Pennies from Heaven i. 1 Around the next corner..the cruel and misshapen world was going to put on its dancing shoes.
2002 P. E. Flesner et al. Serm. Gospel Readings 86 Misshapen piety..comes out as spiritual exhibitionism.
3. Formless, without form. (In quot. with reference to Genesis 1:2.) Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective]
huelessa1100
shapelessa1400
globose?a1425
deformed1555
fashionless1581
disformed1591
formless1591
unshapeful1598
figureless1606
informous1610
proportionless1625
unbodied1630
unshapable1630
misshapen1640
unshapeless1640
difform1644
inform1654
difformed1665
amorphous1727
amorphic1856
1640 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) ii. §20 A kind of dark & mis-shapen thick fogge.

Derivatives

misˈshapenly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb]
deformedly1593
misshapenly1611
deformlya1684
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Monstrüeusement, monstrously; mishapenly.
1883 B. Harte In Carquinez Woods i. 3 At times this life seemed to take visible form, but as vaguely, as mis~shapenly as the phantom of a nightmare.
1980 N.Y. Times 21 Sept. ii. 22/3 ‘Scary Monsters’ will not appeal to everybody, even everybody in the world of rock. It is too misshapenly ugly, grindingly abrasive and proudly self-withholding for that.
2000 C.-P. Adler Bone Dis. iii. 40/1 These cells are diffusely dispersed and misshapenly distended.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

misshapenv.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈʃeɪp(ə)n/, /ˌmɪʃˈʃeɪp(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈʃeɪp(ə)n/, /ˌmɪ(ʃ)ˈʃeɪp(ə)n/
Forms: late Middle English–1500s mysshapen, 1700s mishapen, 1700s 1900s– misshapen.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: misshapen adj., mis- prefix1, shapen v.
Etymology: In quot. c1450 probably < misshapen adj.; in later use probably re-formed < mis- prefix1 + shapen v. Compare misshape n., misshape v., misshapen adj., misshaping n., misshaped adj.
transitive. = misshape v. Only in past participle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)]
deformc1400
misshapec1450
misshapenc1450
misform1483
misfashiona1525
bring1530
misfigure1563
disjoint1638
dislocate1660
forshape1884
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 361 I am aferd þat I sall oght be mysshapend.
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bij People mysshapened with phantastical opinions.
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xii. 69 Bruised and mis-shapen'd with the blows which..some others have so unhandsomely given me in the dark.
1788 Trifler No. xvi. 217 I conceived that the purest favour of Providence might be so perverted and mishapened.
1988 Science 239 1030/3 The atrial cardiocyte nuclei are grossly enlarged and misshapened.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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