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misborn en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /mɪsˈbɔːn/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old English misboren, corresponding to mis- + born.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Born prematurely; abortive.
2. (archaic, derogatory) Of low birth, illegitimate.
   • And drawing nigh him said, Ah misborne Elfe, / In euill houre thy foes thee hither sent […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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