- Misborn
- Misborn Mis"born`, a. Born to misfortune. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
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Misborn
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misborn — (adj.) abortive, premature, mis shapen from birth, late O.E. misboren abortive, degenerate, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + BORN (Cf. born). From 1580s as born of an unlawful union … Etymology dictionary
misborn — /misˈbörn or mis börnˈ/ adjective 1. Abortive (obsolete) 2. Deformed from birth (obsolete) 3. Born illegitimately and so of low social rank (literary) ORIGIN: ↑mis • • • misbirthˈ noun (archaic) An abortion … Useful english dictionary
misborn — adjective /mɪsˈbɔːn/ a) Born prematurely; abortive. And drawing nigh him said, Ah misborne Elfe, / In euill houre thy foes thee hither sent [...]. b) Of low birth, illegitimate … Wiktionary
The Black Gryphon — Infobox Book | name = The Black Gryphon image caption = author = Mercedes Lackey Larry Dixon country = United States language = English series = Mage Wars genre = Fantasy novel publisher = DAW release date = 1995 media type = Print (Hardcover… … Wikipedia
Norma Cenva — is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. Mentioned briefly in Herbert s God Emperor of Dune (1981), she plays a large role in the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy (2002–2004) written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.… … Wikipedia
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bastard — [adj] illegitimate adulterated, baseborn, counterfeit, fake, false, imperfect, impure, inferior, irregular, misbegotten, misborn, mixed, mongrel, natural, phony, sham, spurious, suppositious, ungenuine; concept 549 Ant. legitimate … New thesaurus
