Misshaded
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of misshade form-of, participle, past
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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