miscreate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /mɪskɹɪˈeɪt/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English create English miscreate From mis- + create.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete, poetic) Miscreated; illegitimate; forged.
miscreate titles
With opening titles miscreate, whose right / Suits not in native colours with the truth;
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 16: