misshape

Etymology

From mis- +‎ shape.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsʃeɪp/

Noun

misshape (plural misshapes)

1. (obsolete) A misshapen person; a misshapen body. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.12:

     The one of them, that elder did appeare, / With her dull eyes did seeme to looke askew, / That her mis-shape much helpt [...].

2. A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price. [from 19th c.]
   • 1995, Jarvis Cocker et al., "Mis-Shapes":

     Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits / Raised on a diet of broken biscuits.

Verb

misshape (third-person singular simple present misshapes, present participle misshaping, simple past and past participle misshaped)

1. To shape badly or incorrectly. [from 15th c.]

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