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单词 misgrown
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misgrownadj.

Brit. /mɪsˈɡrəʊn/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡroʊn/, Scottish English /mɪsˈɡron/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and grown adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, English grown , grow v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + grown, past participle of grow v.
Chiefly Scottish in later use.
Grown out of shape; misshapen, stunted.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > involving abnormal growth or misshapen
monstruousc1425
misgrowna1450
monstrous1530
abortive1587
tetralogic1889
a1450 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Caius 336/725) (1970) 27 (MED) Of soor wiþ mysgrowen veines; of soor wiþ þe boon corrupt.
a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 220 (MED) Your thyghes mysgrowen, youre shankys mych worse..Such a peyre Chaumbys I neuer on lokyd!
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Cccc2 Misgrowne trees that will neuer prooue timber.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xx. 278 Lame Mulciber; his walkers quite misgrowne.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 9 Nae bursen bailch, nae wandought or misgrown, But plump an' swack an' like an apple round.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxi. 398 As strange misgrown masses gather in the knot-holes of the noblest oaks when prostrate [etc.].
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 115 He's a mis-lippent, mis-grown baggeral.
1993 M. Hofmann Corona, Corona 31 I was lying..under the Roman purple of a copper beech, a misgrown fasces, all rods and no axe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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