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mishallowed

adj

Etymology

From mis- + hallowed.

  1. inherited from ġehālgod — “hallowed, sacred, sanctified”
  2. inherited from halwed — “hallowed, sacred, sanctified”
  3. prefixed as mishallowed — “mis + hallowed”

Definitions

  1. Consecrated to evil uses, or by unhallowed means.

    • We must leave here the body of Henry Cozens, pitifully slain. My own boyhood has died in agony on this gaunt mishallowed rock grown weary in gazing so long upon the Pacific's meaningless settle and heave.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA