单词 | mislikeness |
释义 | † mislikenessn. Obsolete. rare. 1. A distorted shape. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > instance of mislikenessa1500 contortion1664 distortiona1822 a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 131 The preste..thoght that thynge that was in myse-lyckenys [a1525 Trin. Dub. was forshape]..mygh[t]..haue grace and Insyght in othyr thynge. 2. Bad portraiture; the fact of being a poor likeness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [noun] > in visible form unlikeness1622 misfiguring1699 mislikeness1822 misresemblance1822 1822 R. Southey Poet. Epist. to A. Cunningham in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 308 This countenance, such as it is, So oft by rascally mislikeness wrong'd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1500 |
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