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MISBEGOTTEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misbegotten mean?
• MISBEGOTTEN (adjective)
The adjective MISBEGOTTEN has 1 sense:
1. born out of wedlock
Familiarity information: MISBEGOTTEN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Born out of wedlock
Synonyms:
bastardly; misbegot; misbegotten; spurious
Context example:
the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring
Similar:
illegitimate (of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful)
Context examples
Rather, as there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that now faced me—something seizing, surprising and revolting—this fresh disparity seemed but to fit in with and to reinforce it; so that to my interest in the man’s nature and character, there was added a curiosity as to his origin, his life, his fortune and status in the world.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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