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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic) Misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin.
1661, George Wither, Vox Vulgi: A Poem in Censure of the Parliament of 1661, edited by W. Dunn Macray, Oxford: James Parker & Co., 1880, p. 28, lines 537-538, A Man defective born or misbegot To be therfor a Man deny wee not, Nor thinck wee those defects deprive him can Of attributes essentiall to a Man.
1992, Jack Hardy, “Forget-Me-Not” in the album Two of Swords, but who’s to say this love was misbegot with eyes as blue as forget-me-nots
Your words have took such pains as if they labour’d To bring manslaughter into form and set quarrelling Upon the head of valour; which indeed Is valour misbegot and came into the world When sects and factions were newly born:
Use misbegot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Misbegot means (archaic) Misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin.
Common synonyms include spurious, natural, misbegotten, illegitimate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1661, George Wither, Vox Vulgi: A Poem in Censure of the Parliament of 1661, edited by W. Dunn Macray, Oxford: James Parker & Co., 1880, p. 28, lines 537-538, A Man defective born or misbegot To be therfor a Man deny wee not, Nor thinck wee those defects deprive him can Of attributes essentiall to a Man.
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