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unˈbowsome, a. Obs. exc. dial.
[un-1 7. Cf. NFris. ünbügsom, MDu. onboochsam, Du. onbuigzaam, G. unbeugsam.]
1. = unbuxom a. 1.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 266/185 Ake þat ich onbouȝsum ne beo i-seie..I-chulle bidde for þe, mi leoue fader. 1340Ayenb. 21 Þou hest y-by onboȝsam to þine uader and to þine moder. c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 8596 Grysely devels salle gang and com On þe synfulle þat tylle God war unbowsom. 1818Hogg Brownie of B. i, Ye hae a dour, stiff, unbowsom kind o' nature in ye.
2. dial. Unbending, stiff.
1818Hogg Wool-gatherer Tales (1866) 80/2 It makes..but an unbowsome overleather. 1894Heslop Northumbld. Gloss. 755 He's..ungainly an' unbowsome.
Hence unˈbowsomeness.
1340Ayenb. 33 Þe uerste [point] is onboȝsamnesse, huanne þe man nele do þet me him zayþ ine penonce. c1400Cursor M. 27616 (Cott. Galba), Of pride cumes als vnbowsumnes. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 3377 Þai wer glad and somwhat shamed,..Þaim shamed of þair vnbowsomnes. |