单词 | misgrown |
释义 | misgrownadj. Chiefly Scottish in later use. Grown out of shape; misshapen, stunted. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.a1450 |
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