miswrought

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ wrought.

Adjective

miswrought (comparative more miswrought, superlative most miswrought)

  1. Badly wrought.
    • c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court
      the people buy in effect chaffe for corn , for that which is miswrought will miswear

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for miswrought”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)