† miscrookedadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Bent out of shape, deformed.
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wough862
crumba1100
wrongc1175
crooked?c1225
crochedc1300
forcrookedc1305
miscrookeda1398
crumpleda1400
kirkeda1425
camshoch1513
crooken1589
awry1728
thraward1814
ajee1816
ahoo1828
crinkly-crankly1850
unstraight1860
cockeye1891
cockeyed1899
crookedy1907
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 70v Sche..strecchiþ ouft [a1425 Morgan oute] his lymes..to kepe..þe childe þat he be not defasid with myscroked [L. ne aliquam contrahat..curuitatez ipsum deformantem] lymes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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