It's the Word of the Day podcast for December 7th.
Today's word is Ms. Begotten, spelled M-I-S-B-E-G-O-T-T-E-N.
Ms. Begotten is an adjective.
It describes things that are badly planned or thought out.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Variety by Chris Morris.
After some misbegotten albums and a run of singles that barely scraped the lower reaches of the chart,
Tony Bennett split with the label in 1971.
In the beginning there was Begetten and Begetten Begot Begetten.
than in the days of Middle English, Begetten, Begot, Begetten.
All of the Old English and Middle English ancestors basically meant the same thing as the modern word,
Beget, that is, to father or to produce as an effect or outgrowth.
That linguistic line, combined with the prefix miss,
m-i-s, meaning wrongly or badly, brought forth misbegotten.
While the word has carried several meanings over the centuries,
including contemptible, as in a misbegotten scoundrel,
today it most often describes things such as beliefs,
projects, or adventures that are poorly planned or thought out.
With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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