unfeirieadj.

Forms: Also 1500s vnfery, onfery, vnfeire, 1700s unfiery, 1700s–1800s unfeary, 1800s onfeirie.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfeirie.

Scottish.

Inactive; incapable of exertion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or unapt > physically unfit for something

unfeirie1513

unfit1665

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiv. 70 Thocht the violens of his sayr smart Maid hym onfery [v.r. vnfery].

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 437 Cruikit he wes, ynfeire of his cors.

a1736 T. Whittell Poems (1815) 170 But Sawney grew weary,..Being auld, and unfeary, and fail'd of his strength.

1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) iii. 24 The auld beast being unfiery o' the feet, she fundred.

1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. 171 Thoch auld onfeirie and lyart I'm now.

1809 W. Scott Let. 3 Nov. (1932) II. 269 Coursing is my only and constant amusement, and my valued pair of four-legged champions..wax old and unfeary.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unfeirie
释义	unfeirieadj. Forms: Also 1500s vnfery, onfery, vnfeire, 1700s unfiery, 1700s–1800s unfeary, 1800s onfeirie. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfeirie. Scottish. Inactive; incapable of exertion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or unapt > physically unfit for something unfeirie1513 unfit1665 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiv. 70 Thocht the violens of his sayr smart Maid hym onfery [v.r. vnfery]. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 437 Cruikit he wes, ynfeire of his cors. a1736 T. Whittell Poems (1815) 170 But Sawney grew weary,..Being auld, and unfeary, and fail'd of his strength. 1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) iii. 24 The auld beast being unfiery o' the feet, she fundred. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. 171 Thoch auld onfeirie and lyart I'm now. 1809 W. Scott Let. 3 Nov. (1932) II. 269 Coursing is my only and constant amusement, and my valued pair of four-legged champions..wax old and unfeary. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1513
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