misborn

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈbɔːn/

Adjective

misborn (comparative more misborn, superlative most misborn)

1. (now rare) Born prematurely; abortive.
2. (derogatory, now rare) Of low birth, illegitimate.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And drawing nigh him said, Ah misborne Elfe, / In euill houre thy foes thee hither sent […]

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