Undershapen

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Under the usual size; dwarfish; small. nonce-word, poetic

    "His dwarf, a vicious under-shapen thing, / Struck at her with his whip, and she return'd / Indignant to the Queen; […]"

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"His dwarf, a vicious under-shapen thing, / Struck at her with his whip, and she return'd / Indignant to the Queen; […]"

Etymology

From under- + shapen.

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