Meanings
adjectivemisborn (comparative more misborn, superlative most misborn)
comparative more misborn · superlative most misborn
- archaicBorn prematurely; abortive.
- archaicderogatoryOf low birth, illegitimate.
And drawing nigh him said, Ah misborne Elfe, / In euill houre thy foes thee hither sent […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Origin
- Old Englishmisboren
- Englishmisborn
From Old English misboren, corresponding to mis- + born.
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misborn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misborn
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misborn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misborn.
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