unliteraryadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪt(ə)rəri/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlɪdəˌrɛri/

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

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + literary adj.

Not literary; lacking literary character; (also) unlearned.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective] > not studious

unliterate1548

unbookisha1616

unbooklearned1633

unscholastic1690

unreading1728

bookless1734

unliterary1788

unbooked1859

non-literate1891

book-shy1902

1788 Catal. 500 Celebrated Authors Great Brit. sig. D4 The inelegant and unliterary manner in which it is usually written.

1820 C. Lamb Austral. Poetry in Wks. (1908) I. 251 To go and administer tedious justice in inauspicious unliterary Thiefland.

1868 W. F. Hook Let. 9 Mar. in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. W. F. Hook (1878) II. 482 Here we are very unliterary.

1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham x. 187 Her talk was very unliterary.

1923 F. L. Pattee Devel. Amer. Short Story xvi. 357 Until he was thirty-five his life was unliterary and undistinctive.

1962 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 51 298 Bad reading is the reading of the unliterary majority.

2006 Spectator (Nexis) 4 Mar. 42 Consciously unliterary, seldom using rhyme, his language is uninflated, his rhythms of ordinary speech.

Derivatives

unˈliterariness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [noun]

lewdness1362

inculture1653

uncultivatedness1764

incultivation1787

philistinism1793

uncultivation1796

unculture1812

muselessness1877

unliterariness1903

lowbrowism1910

1903 Acad. & Lit. 11 July 31/1 The unliterariness of our day.

1961 C. S. Lewis Exper. in Crit. viii. 76 His very unliterariness saves him from confusing the two [sc. art and knowledge].

2000 R. M. Dainotto Place in Lit. 31 The fundamental ugliness and unliterariness of the modern city.

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

单词	unliterary
释义	unliteraryadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪt(ə)rəri/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɪdəˌrɛri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, literary adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + literary adj. Not literary; lacking literary character; (also) unlearned. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective] > not studious unliterate1548 unbookisha1616 unbooklearned1633 unscholastic1690 unreading1728 bookless1734 unliterary1788 unbooked1859 non-literate1891 book-shy1902 1788 Catal. 500 Celebrated Authors Great Brit. sig. D4 The inelegant and unliterary manner in which it is usually written. 1820 C. Lamb Austral. Poetry in Wks. (1908) I. 251 To go and administer tedious justice in inauspicious unliterary Thiefland. 1868 W. F. Hook Let. 9 Mar. in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. W. F. Hook (1878) II. 482 Here we are very unliterary. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham x. 187 Her talk was very unliterary. 1923 F. L. Pattee Devel. Amer. Short Story xvi. 357 Until he was thirty-five his life was unliterary and undistinctive. 1962 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 51 298 Bad reading is the reading of the unliterary majority. 2006 Spectator (Nexis) 4 Mar. 42 Consciously unliterary, seldom using rhyme, his language is uninflated, his rhythms of ordinary speech. Derivatives unˈliterariness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [noun] lewdness1362 inculture1653 uncultivatedness1764 incultivation1787 philistinism1793 uncultivation1796 unculture1812 muselessness1877 unliterariness1903 lowbrowism1910 1903 Acad. & Lit. 11 July 31/1 The unliterariness of our day. 1961 C. S. Lewis Exper. in Crit. viii. 76 His very unliterariness saves him from confusing the two [sc. art and knowledge]. 2000 R. M. Dainotto Place in Lit. 31 The fundamental ugliness and unliterariness of the modern city. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1788
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