Hypertext Webster Gateway: "misbegotten"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Misbegot \Mis`be*got"\, Misbegotten \Mis`be*got"ten\, p. a.
Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin;
pernicious. ``Valor misbegot.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
misbegotten
adj : born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed
away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"-
E.A.Freeman [syn: {bastard}, {bastardly}, {misbegot}, {spurious}]
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