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unˈfeigned, ppl. a. (and adv.)
Forms: (see feign v.).
[un-1 8.]
1. Not feigned, pretended, or simulated; sincere, genuine, true, real.
αc1374Chaucer Anel. & Arc. 289 Verraylye yee slee me with þe peyne Þat may yee see vnfeynid on myn huwe. c1440Pallad. on Husb. v. 194 Of vnfeyned curage [L. sponte] Of been therto wole come a multitude. 1494Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 18 Or ellis he have such unfayned siknes, letting or diseas that he may not..come to do his personell attendaunce. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 99 b, Neuer eate ne drynke out of due tyme, except..vnfayned nede compell the. 1577Grange Golden Aphrod. L j, Neither passed this tedious tyme..without vnfayned ioyes & vnspeakeable pleasure. 1649Bp. Reynolds Hosea ii. 68 Profession of faith, unfained, and sincere Repentance was made before Baptisme. 1712Steele Spect. No. 402 ⁋2, I have an unfeigned Love of Virtue. 1778F. Burney Evelina lxxxii, I need not tell you what unfeigned joy accompanied our meeting. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxiii. (1861) V. 82 Keppel..looked up with unfeigned admiration to a master whom he had been accustomed..to consider as the first of living men.
βc1375Sc. Leg. Saints xliii. (Cecilia) 528 Of conscience gud & clere, & fath vnfenȝet. 1562Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 2 Ane Exhortatioun..For vnfenȝeit reformation of doctrine and maneris. 1609Hume in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 585 So I wische to God that..the Prince's wrathe mycht be appeazed,..and his unfainzed favour reconcealed.
2. Of persons or the heart: Honest or sincere in feeling or action.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 839, I loue oon which is most ententyf To seruen wel vnwery or vnfeyned. c1400Rom. Rose 7363 As it were in a pilgrimage Lyke good and hooly folk vnfeyned. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. clxx. 195/2 Whan..his companyons..herde hym speke those wordes, they parceyued well howe he spake them with all his herte vnfayned. 1573Baret Alv. V. 126 Your unfeined, trusty, and assured friend. 1613W. Browne Brit. Past. i. iv. 301 Succour a seely maid, that doth implore Aide, on a bended heart, unfain'd and meeke. 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. iv. 16 Of fained friends, becomming unfained foes to the Britons. 1696(title), Some Seasonable and Modest Thoughts..Concerning the Scots East India Company, by an unfeigned and hearty Lover of England.
†3. As adv. Without feigning; honestly. Obs.
1463–7Paston Lett. Suppl. (1901) 81, I shal and do pray God dayly to sende you such one..that wil drede and faithfully unfeyned love you. a1529Skelton Ware the Hauke 81 But the fawconer vnfayned Was much more febler brayned. 1550–3Decaye Eng. in Supplic. (1871) 100 And then vnfayned, as we do thynke, we sholde haue corne ynough. |