unlifelikeadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈlʌɪflʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlaɪfˌlaɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, lifelike adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + lifelike adj. With sense 1 compare earlier unlively adj.

1. Scottish. Unhealthy; lacking in vigour. Cf. lifelike adj. 2. rare. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1973.

ΚΠ

1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 75 I see the chaps are living, an' no that unlife-like, as a body may say.

2. Not lifelike. Cf. lifelike adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [adjective] > like death

unlifelike1881

1881 Athenæum 19 Nov. 664/3 The Highland characters of his present story are not unlifelike.

1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer iii. i. 328 I told Mr. Habakkuk he ought to put steam heat into the statues. They're dreadfully unlifelike to the touch.

1993 Courier-Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Feb. Many biographies can be intensely interesting at a factual level but still remain, well, rather unlifelike.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unlifelike
释义	unlifelikeadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlʌɪflʌɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˈlaɪfˌlaɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, lifelike adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + lifelike adj. With sense 1 compare earlier unlively adj. 1. Scottish. Unhealthy; lacking in vigour. Cf. lifelike adj. 2. rare. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1973. ΚΠ 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 75 I see the chaps are living, an' no that unlife-like, as a body may say. 2. Not lifelike. Cf. lifelike adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [adjective] > like death unlifelike1881 1881 Athenæum 19 Nov. 664/3 The Highland characters of his present story are not unlifelike. 1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer iii. i. 328 I told Mr. Habakkuk he ought to put steam heat into the statues. They're dreadfully unlifelike to the touch. 1993 Courier-Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Feb. Many biographies can be intensely interesting at a factual level but still remain, well, rather unlifelike. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1818
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