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Definition of Miscreation
1. Noun. Something abnormal or anomalous.
Generic synonyms: Failure
Specialized synonyms: Monstrosity
Derivative terms: Miscreate
Definition of Miscreation
1. Noun. A faulty or unnatural making or creation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miscreation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscreation
Literary usage of Miscreation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, William Cowper (1838)
"Terrible miscreation! lion-fac'd With dragon-tail, shag-bodied as the goat, And
from her jaws ejecting streams of fire.* He fought with, and, ..."
2. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"... a miscreation, and even then an utterly needless and superfluous production
at the best ; for from ..."
3. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1892)
"on which the narrative is based ; if, however, it is a modern invention supposed
to be justified by the existence of ' amenable,' the miscreation is more ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"abortion, mooncalf (archaic), miscreation. S. Referring to a being of unnatural
cruelty: fiend, devil, shaitan (Mohammedan). monstrous, a. 1. ..."
5. Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain by John Ruskin (1871)
"... such a punctual accent over the iota of miscreation,—so absolutely and
exquisitely miscreant, that I am not myself capable of conceiving a Number two, ..."
6. The Age of Dryden by Richard Garnett (1895)
"An appropriate instrument was at hand in the Pindaric ode, the miscreation of a
true poet, Cowley. So little were the genuine characteristics of Pindaric ..."
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