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单词 un-english
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un-Englishadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌənˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
Etymology: un- prefix1 1.
1. Not English in character; lacking the qualities regarded as typically English.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] > not
un-English1633
1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix 546 So unmanly, degenerous and un-English (if I may so speake) in their whole conversation.
1745 H. Walpole Let. 27 May in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 195 This is so un-English, or so unheroic, that I despair of you!
1763 Ann. Reg., Chron. 89/2 One of the members..called the attack ‘a horrid un-English act’.
1803 J. Mackintosh in Trial J. Peltier 156 Though deserted by the un-English Government of England, they asserted their own ancient character.
1848 in Life A. Fonblanque (1874) 225 The un-English practice of secret voting will be resorted to.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 308 A false patriotism that thought it un-English to wear foreign fabrics.
2. Not English by occupation or possession.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > not English
un-English1738
1738 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 427/1 Such beauties..are,..save at Finedon, hardly found On English or un-English ground.
1902 Daily Chron. 18 July 5/4 With Delagoa Bay the only harbour still un-English passes into England's power.

Draft additions 1993

un-ˈEnglishness n.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > state or fact of being > not
un-Englishness1947
1947 V. Sackville-West Let. in V. Glendinning Vita (1983) xxxi. 349 Dear Jim, I grew so fond of you... You must forgive the un-Englishness of my saying this.
1960 C. Watson Bump in Night xii. 123 High explosive..is the very apotheosis of un-Englishness.
1986 E. Longford Pebbled Shore v. 77 An un-Englishness which she emphasized by never appearing in anything but silk dresses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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