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unˈtoothsome, a.
[un-1 7.]
1. fig. Unpalatable, disagreeable.
1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke Pref. vi, Suche thynges as these, so ferre contrarie to all mennes..thynkyng, and thynges so vntouthsome for menne to be fond on. 1583Babington Commandm. (1590) 354 Vntoothsome is that trueth euer, that treadeth downe my liking. 1632Shirley Hyde Park ii. iv, You shall not ask me..How old I am—a question most untoothsome. a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) II. 89 Their doctrine was..untoothsome to the world.
2. Unpleasant or unattractive to the taste.
1576R. Peterson G. della Casa's Galateo 99 The selly sickman, to whom al cates neuer so..sweete, seeme vntoothsome. 1601Holland Pliny I. 407 Their grapes..be very harsh and in tast untoothsome. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. i. 60/1 The drugs, the drenches, and vntoothsome drinks. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. 245 Nay.., is it not unwholesom, heavy and untoothsom without Salt?
Comb.1900Morning Post 3 March 5/7 A sparse, dried, untoothsome-looking herbage, which man and beast accepted as fodder.
Hence unˈtoothsomeness.
1623Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xix. x, The asse was (besides the untoothsomnesse) an impure creature. |