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▪ I. unˈplain, a.
(un-1 7.)
1390Gower Conf. I. 77 Who that is to trowthe unplein. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxvi. 11 The figurit speiche, with faceis tua, The plesand toungis, with hartis unplane. c1530L. Cox Rhet. (1899) 86 It was a great folye to put in tho wordes which made a playne mater to be vnplaine. 1538Elyot, Salebrosus, vnplayne, where a manne can not goo, excepte he do leape.
Hence unˈplainness.
1619J. Sempill Sacrilege Handled 56 Paul then is wrong quarrelled for his vnplainenesse.
▪ II. unˈplain, v.
(un-2 3).
1611Florio, Dispianáre, to vnplaine. 1638N. Whiting Albino & Bellama 720 Though earldoms court her, her disdains Nonsuits their service, and her brow unplains. |