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misshapenness

/mɪsˈhæpənnəs/ noun

Quality of being misshapen.

Word Origin From Old English mis- 'wrongly' and Proto-Germanic skapjaną 'to shape' — misshapen means 'badly shaped.' The breakdown mis+shape+en+ness: mis- (wrong), shape, -en (past participle), -ness. The root skapjaną also gives us -ship (as in friendship, originally 'shaped' relationship). So misshapenness is the state of being deformed, a shape gone wrong.

noun Quality of being misshapen. countable

The misshapenness of the pottery gave it a unique, artistic quality.

(名词) 畸形；变形；歪斜

陶器的畸形赋予它独特的艺术品质。

(sustantivo) Cualidad de estar deforme o mal formado.

Lo deforme de la cerámica le dio una cualidad artística única.

(nom) difformité; malformation [Caractère difforme ou déformé d'un objet, d'un être ou d'une partie du corps.]

La déformation de la poterie lui donnait une qualité artistique unique.

(Substantiv) Eigenschaft, missgestaltet oder unregelmäßig geformt zu sein.

Die **misshapenness** der Keramik verlieh ihr eine einzigartige, künstlerische Qualität.

(名詞) 変形していること。形が歪んで不格好な状態。

その陶器の形がいびつだったことが、独特で芸術的な趣を与えていた。

(substantivo) deformidade; disformidade [Qualidade do que é disforme ou deformado.]

A deformidade da cerâmica lhe conferia uma qualidade artística única.

Synonyms: deformity malformation distortion irregularity asymmetry crookedness contortion disfigurement Antonyms: shapeliness symmetry proportion regularity
Word parts: mis + shape + en + ness

Related words

shape misshape shapely shapeless shaper reshape shapeliness

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