misshape

noun
/ˈmɪsʃeɪp/

Etymology

From mis- + shape.

  1. inherited from *skapjaną
  2. inherited from *skappjan
  3. inherited from scieppan
  4. inherited from shapen
  5. derived from *(s)kep-
  6. inherited from *ga-
  7. inherited from *ga-
  8. inherited from ġesceap
  9. inherited from shap
  10. prefixed as misshape — “mis + shape

Definitions

  1. A misshapen person

    A misshapen person; a misshapen body.

    • The one of them, that elder did appeare, With her dull eyes did seeme to looke askew, That her mis-shape much helpt [...].
  2. A misshapen object

    A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price.

    • Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits Raised on a diet of broken biscuits.
  3. To shape badly or incorrectly.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misshape. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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