misbehadden

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misbehadden (comparative more misbehadden, superlative most misbehadden)

  1. (Scotland) Alternative form of misbeholden
    • 1836, Robert Burns, James Hogg, William Motherwell, The Works of Robert Burns - Volume 5, page 197:
      Na, na, poor fellow; his complaints were a' of himsel! He never complained either of the bairns or me. He never said a misbehaddan word to me a' the days of his life.
    • 1879, Charlotte Louisa H. Dempster, Within sound of the sea, page 85:
      It's real misbehadden o' him. I hae telt him that afore ; but he puts a' kinds o' advice in the cat's lug. What in the wardle ails him that he canna bide at hame?
    • 1887, Henrietta Keddie, Logie town, by Sarah Tytler - Volume 1, page 118:
      In all that time I've never heard him speak a misbehadden word or known him commit a misbehadden action.
    • 2004, Liz Curtis Higgs, Fair is the rose, →ISBN, page 68:
      "Misbehadden, as Neda would say?" "Aye, most improper."