miscreator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɪskɹɪˈeɪtə/
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 creator English miscreator From mis- + creator.
Meanings
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(rare) Someone or something which creates things wrongly or badly.
And Circumstance, that unspiritual god / And miscreator, makes and helps along / Our coming evils with a crutch-like rod
1818, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto IV:By what “Circumstance, the miscreator” my plans were defeated, the reader will discover in the course of these volumes.
1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| miscreators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |