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Webster 1913 Edition


Misborn

Mis′bornˊ

,
Adj.
Born to misfortune.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Misborn

MIS'BORN

,
Adj.
Born to evil.

Definition 2024


misborn

misborn

English

Adjective

misborn (comparative more misborn, superlative most misborn)

  1. (now rare) Born prematurely; abortive.
  2. (pejorative, now rare) Of low birth, illegitimate.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:
      And drawing nigh him said, Ah misborne Elfe, / In euill houre thy foes thee hither sent [...].