undershapen

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ shapen.

Adjective

undershapen (comparative more undershapen, superlative most undershapen)

(poetic, nonce word) Under the usual size; dwarfish; small.
- 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 22–23:
  His dwarf, a vicious under-shapen thing, / Struck at her with his whip, and she return'd / Indignant to the Queen; […]

Further reading

“undershapen”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“undershapen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

unsharpened

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