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单词 undivine
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undivineadj.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and divine adj. and n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, divine adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + divine adj. Compare earlier indivine adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: undiˈvine.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adjective]
unrighteouseOE
hinderfulc1200
undevouta1300
unreligiousa1382
unkindc1390
unpiteous?c1400
indevout?1504
ungodly1526
godless1528
profane1568
ungodded1579
impious1585
unhalloweda1616
godforsaken?1623
devoteless1650
atheistic1677
undivine1686
Heaven-abandoned1720
indevotea1742
unctionless1842
indevotional1865
link1889
1686 H. More Let. 16 Jan. in J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 191 It were a thing Disangelical, if I may so speak, and undivine.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xix. 302 If Divines are quarrelsome, that is not so far forth as Divine, but as Undivine and Unchristian.
1837 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1888) V. 161 With force of genius she represses..her Undivine Idea.
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last iv. 134 All attempt at concealment implies some practice of the opposite, or undivine science.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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