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Misbegot — Mis be*got , Misbegotten Mis be*got ten, p. a. 1. Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad or disreputable origin; pernicious. Valor misbegot. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Poorly designed or planned; badly carried out; ill conceived. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misbegot — adj. illegitimate, bastard … English contemporary dictionary
misbegot — adjective born out of wedlock the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring E.A.Freeman • Syn: ↑bastardly, ↑misbegotten, ↑spurious • Similar to: ↑illegitimate • Derivationally related for … Useful english dictionary
Misbegotten — Misbegot Mis be*got , Misbegotten Mis be*got ten, p. a. 1. Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad or disreputable origin; pernicious. Valor misbegot. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Poorly designed or planned; badly carried out; ill conceived. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Discworld characters — This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett s Discworld series. This list consists of human characters. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld s ethnic minorities (Dwarfs, trolls, undead), see the… … Wikipedia
Canting Crew — The Canting Crew is an informal name for a group of Ankh Morpork beggars in Terry Pratchett s Discworld series. Too anarchic for the Beggars Guild, which tends to constrain them with rules, they frequently beg from it themselves, and often come… … Wikipedia
misbegotten — /mis bi got n/, adj. 1. unlawfully or irregularly begotten; illegitimate: his misbegotten son. 2. badly conceived, made, or carried out: his misbegotten plan. Also, misbegot. [1540 50; MIS 1 + BEGOTTEN] * * * … Universalium
illegitimate — il·le·git·i·mate /ˌi li ji tə mət/ adj 1: not recognized by the law as offspring; specif: born out of marriage ◇ An illegitimate child is usu. legitimated by his or her parents later marriage. Illegitimate children generally have the same… … Law dictionary
bastard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. illegitimate [child], love child; sham, counterfeit, fraud. adj. illegitimate, natural, misgotten; false, spurious; mongrel, hybrid. See impurity, deception, posterity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Born … English dictionary for students
misfortune — obsolete an illegitimate child Literally, ill luck, which it was at one time for the mother and child: ... had had a misfortune in the shape of a bouncing boy. (Bartram, 1897) An illegitimate child might also be called a misbegot… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
