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单词 unmasterly
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unmasterlyadj.1

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, master v., -ly suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently irregularly < un- prefix1 + master v. + -ly suffix1. Compare earlier unmastered adj., unmasterable adj.
Obsolete (rare after early 18th cent.).
Not easily mastered or controlled; unruly. Cf. unmasterly adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective]
wildc1000
unthewedc1175
wanton?a1300
rabbisha1387
irregular1395
inordinate1398
unruly1400
misgoverned?a1425
misruled?a1425
misruly?a1425
unruleful1439
seditious1447
rulelessc1460
turbulous1527
undaunted1533
turbulent1538
unordinate1561
rowsey1565
misorderlya1568
disruly1570
rabbling1575
disorderous1579
irregulate1579
disorderly1585
break-dance1587
willyart?1590
unguided1600
inorderly1606
anarchial1609
irregulousa1616
unmasterlya1623
uncomposed1631
obstreperous1641
disriegled1657
ranting1658
rantipole1660
reuling1691
shandy1691
rumblegarie1722
randy1723
obstropolous1727
wanruly1773
polrumptious1787
ree-raw1800
rambunctious1830
roid1874
unordered1929
rogue1948
a1623 W. Pemble Fiue Godly & Profitable Serm. (1628) i. 10 The godly many times are here besotted, who to satifie [sic] some one vnmasterly desire, will hazard the peace and comfort of their soules.
1682 W. Saywell Evangelical & Catholick Unity xix. 174 Suppose all the Ministers Endeavours, Reproofs, and Censures, prove in vain, and people grow unmasterly and stubborn, too obstinate and unruly for him alone to govern.
1715 T. Pyle Paraphr. Acts of Apostles II. 381 If ever Divine Justice were due to any Crimes, it must fall with terrible weight upon the abominable Lusts, the unmasterly Pride, and incurable Prejudices of the False Teachers of these Times.
1886 Pennsylvania County Court Rep. I. 383 The father made a complaint on oath, before two justices of the county, ‘that a certain child of his, by name Sarah Jane, is not well and is unmasterly in his household, and he is not able to support her any longer’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

unmasterlyadj.2

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɑːstəli/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈmastəli/, U.S. /ˌənˈmæstərli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, masterly adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + masterly adj.
Not masterly; not masterful.
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1672 M. Locke Observ. Ess. Advancem. Mus. 37 The publishing to the World under his great Name so pitiful and unmasterly a piece.
1717 Acct. Frauds & Abuses Dagenham Breach 8 The Work was so weak, and for so long a time, and at so vast an Expence, carryed on in so unskilful and unmasterly a Manner, that it soon gave way upon the first boisterous Tide.
1820 T. R. Malthus Princ. Polit. Econ. 7 Nothing indeed is so unsatisfactory, and gives so unscientific and unmasterly an air to a proposition as to be obliged to make admissions of this kind.
1965 Shakespeare Q. 16 142 It was a serious portrait of Shakespeare, unmasterly in performance but wholly appropriate as a sign for a bookseller and publisher.
2006 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 12 Feb. vii. 6 Masterly phrasing..is interspersed with a funny, but decidedly unmasterly, ‘Mmnnh’ sound when passion or disgust overwhelms her.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unmasterlyadv.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, master v., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: Apparently irregularly < un- prefix1 + master v. + -ly suffix2. Compare earlier unmasterly adj.1
Obsolete. rare.
In an unmastered or uncontrolled manner.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of power > [adverb] > without being supervised
unmasterly1684
1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More Pref. sig. b4 v To act at pleasure, prosperously, freely and unmasterly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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