Misshaded

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of misshade form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having incorrect shading.

    "He has arrayed Duessa in the radiant habit of "Heavenly Una with her milk-white lamb;" he has claimed for incarnations of revenge and guilt, that reverent affection which is due only to innocence and mercy; and over countenances, whose misshaded leprosy would look ghastly as the face of Death itself, has spread a veil of flimsiest sophistry, yet withal so artfully and curiously interwoven with gems and pearls of truth, that the eye of the spectator too seldom pierces the seductive disguise."

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"He has arrayed Duessa in the radiant habit of "Heavenly Una with her milk-white lamb;" he has claimed for incarnations of revenge and guilt, that reverent affection which is due only to innocence and mercy; and over countenances, whose misshaded leprosy would look ghastly as the face of Death itself, has spread a veil of flimsiest sophistry, yet withal so artfully and curiously interwoven with gems and pearls of truth, that the eye of the spectator too seldom pierces the seductive disguise."

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