unspeedyadj.

Etymology: Old English unspédig (un- prefix¹ 1), = Middle Dutch onspoedich (Dutch -spoedig ), Old High German unspuotîg . Compare wanspeedy adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈspeedy.

†1.

a. Poor, indigent. (Old English only.) Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §23 Þa ricostan men drincað myran meolc, & þa unspedigan & þa þeowan drincað medo.

c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 578 He geendebyrde þone unspedigan fiscere ætforan ðam rican casere.

†b. Of land: Barren, unproductive. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

OE Genesis 962 Gesæton þa æfter synne sorgfulre land, eard and eðyl unspedigran.

†2. Unprofitable; unsuccessful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding

unspeedya1300

speedless13..

improfitablea1325

unthriftyc1374

unnotefula1400

rewardless1481

thriveless1521

unbehovablea1557

thriftless1568

profitless1574

ungainful1599

unprofiteda1616

unthriving1617

ungaining1632

endlessa1640

gainless1640

improficuous1650

unrewarding1651

uncompensated1775

unrepaying1829

ungainsome1832

blind alley1902

dead end1928

a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxviii. 34 Ne wemme mi witeworde, and þat forthga Of mi lippes, vnspedy noght make þa.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xvi. 14 Make þaim vnspedy and kast þaim down.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 89 The werk ther of schulde be the vnsaueryer and the vnspedier.

3. Slow, sluggish. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > slowly or gently

gentle1555

unspeedy1615

sullen1622

subrepent1650

lapsinga1771

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 117 The water..passing along with a mute and vnspeedy current.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	unspeedy
释义	unspeedyadj. Etymology: Old English unspédig (un- prefix¹ 1), = Middle Dutch onspoedich (Dutch -spoedig ), Old High German unspuotîg . Compare wanspeedy adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈspeedy. †1. a. Poor, indigent. (Old English only.) Obsolete. ΚΠ c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §23 Þa ricostan men drincað myran meolc, & þa unspedigan & þa þeowan drincað medo. c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 578 He geendebyrde þone unspedigan fiscere ætforan ðam rican casere. †b. Of land: Barren, unproductive. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ OE Genesis 962 Gesæton þa æfter synne sorgfulre land, eard and eðyl unspedigran. †2. Unprofitable; unsuccessful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding unspeedya1300 speedless13.. improfitablea1325 unthriftyc1374 unnotefula1400 rewardless1481 thriveless1521 unbehovablea1557 thriftless1568 profitless1574 ungainful1599 unprofiteda1616 unthriving1617 ungaining1632 endlessa1640 gainless1640 improficuous1650 unrewarding1651 uncompensated1775 unrepaying1829 ungainsome1832 blind alley1902 dead end1928 a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxviii. 34 Ne wemme mi witeworde, and þat forthga Of mi lippes, vnspedy noght make þa. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xvi. 14 Make þaim vnspedy and kast þaim down. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 89 The werk ther of schulde be the vnsaueryer and the vnspedier. 3. Slow, sluggish. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > slowly or gently gentle1555 unspeedy1615 sullen1622 subrepent1650 lapsinga1771 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 117 The water..passing along with a mute and vnspeedy current. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c893
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