ungainadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 + gain adj. Compare Old Norse úgegn unreasonable, obstinate, Middle Swedish ogēn unsuitable, unpleasant.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈgain.

Now chiefly dialect.

1. Of ways: Not plain or direct.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [adjective] > not clear

uncertainc1380

ungaina1400

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [adjective] > indirect

abouta1460

indirect1474

devious1628

far-fetcheda1656

roundabout1684

circumflex1707

ungain1824

circuitous1868

a1400 Bone Florence 1421 The lady seyde, We ryde ylle, Thes gates they are ungayne.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 13 Þer-of þe pepul wold be fayne Fore to cum home aȝayne, Þat haþ goon gatis vngayne For defaute of lyȝt.

1615 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Cupids Revenge iv. sig. H2^v Though she take th' vngainst weas she can, Ile neer hat fro you.

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 119 Vngain, round about, indirect.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 368 An indirect roundabout road is an ungain one.

†2. Unsparing, severe; rough. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective]

heavyc825

grimc900

strongeOE

hardeOE

drearyOE

eileOE

sweerOE

deara1000

bitterOE

tartc1000

smartOE

unridec1175

sharp?c1225

straitc1275

grievousc1290

fellc1330

shrewda1387

snella1400

unsterna1400

vilea1400

importunea1425

ungainc1425

thrallc1430

peisant1483

sore?a1513

weighty1540

heinous?1541

urgent?1542

asperous?1567

dure1567

spiny1586

searching1590

hoara1600

vengible1601

flinty1613

tugging1642

atrocious1733

uncannya1774

severe1774

stern1830

punishing1833

hefty1867

solid1916

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. xi. 952 Thare reueris ragis for na rayne, Na muffis for na wedderis vngayne.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1332 Ercules..Gird gomes vnto grounde with vngayn strokes.

3. Unpleasant, disagreeable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

loatha700

unsweetc890

grimlyc893

unquemeOE

un-i-quemeOE

evila1131

sourc1175

illc1220

unhightlyc1275

unwelcomec1325

unblithec1330

unnetc1330

unrekena1350

unagreeablec1374

uncouthc1380

unsavouryc1380

displeasantc1386

unlikinga1398

ungaina1400

crabbedc1400

unlovelyc1400

displeasing1401

eschewc1420

unsoot1420

mislikinga1425

unlikelya1425

unlustya1425

fastidiousc1425

unpleasantc1430

displicable1471

unthankfulc1475

displeasant1481

uneasy1483

unpleasinga1500

unfaring1513

badc1530

malpleasant?1533

noisome1542

thanklessa1547

ungrate1548

untoothsome1548

ungreeable1550

contrary1561

disagreeable1570

offensible1575

offensive1576

naughty1578

delightlessa1586

undelightful1585

unwisheda1586

unpleasurable1587

undelightsomec1595

dislikeful1596

disliking1596

ungrateful1596

unsweet?a1600

distastive1600

impleasing1602

distasting1603

distasteful1607

unsightly1608

undelectable1610

disgustful1611

unrelishing1611

waspisha1616

undeliciousa1618

unwished-for1617

disrelishing1631

unenjoyed1643

unjoyous1645

mirya1652

unwelcomed1651

unpleasivea1656

sweet1656

injucund1657

insuave1657

unpalatable1658

unhandsome1660

undesirable1667

disrelishablea1670

uncouthsome1684

shocking1703

nasty1705

embittering1746

indelectable1751

undelightinga1774

nice and ——1796

unenjoyablea1797

ungenial1796

uncomplacent1805

ungracious1807

bitter1810

rotten1813

uncongenial1813

quarrelsome1825

grimy1833

nice1836

unrelished1863

bloody1867

unbewitching1876

ferocious1877

displeasurable1879

rebarbative1892

charming1893

crook1898

naar1900

peppery1901

negative1902

poisonous1906

off-putting1935

unsympathetic1937

piggy1942

funky1946

umpty1948

pooey1967

minging1970

Scrooge-like1976

sucky1984

stank1991

stanky1991

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 22751 Alas what shal þe synful say vngeyn [Gött. vngainand] þenne shal be his gamen.

1795 H. Walpole Let. to Miss Berry 28 Aug. The assemblage was not so ungain as I expected, for..there were several I knew.

1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 312 The ungain character of Raoul Torta..has been clearly chronicled.

4. Awkward, inconvenient, troublesome, difficult. †at ungain, inconveniently.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb]

in (earlier on) untimec897

untimelyc1200

out of timea1325

in unseasona1400

importunelyc1425

in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490

importunatelya1492

at ungaina1500

untimeously1513

intempestively1548

out of season1548

timeless1586

unseasonably1586

inopportunely1609

unseasonablea1634

unopportunely1651

timelessly1673

unseasonally1941

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or awkward

ungaina1500

ungainful1565

awky1655

awkward1709

embarrassing1778

unked1861

sticky1871

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 22 Bot this cors I wold were hid, For som man myght com at vngayn.

1553 tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration C iij b Left hande mater is vngayne, and wicked what soo euer proceedeth of the fleshe.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. xiii. 63 How backward! how præposterous is the motion Of our ungaine devotion!

1764 Museum Rusticum 2 84 As they are ungain to empty on the cloth,..they are not much used.

1777 J. Wesley Compend. Nat. Philos. (ed. 3) I. ii. i. § 2. 206 The joints by which they bend are nearly in the middle..and the large bulk which they are to support, makes their flexure ungain.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. vi. 123 But, Sir, that was but an ungain business..t'other morning.

1823– in dialect glossaries.

1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. iii. 28 The ungain temper of his brute companion.

1893 P. H. Emerson On Eng. Lagoons xxxii. 168 Are you all alone in that wherry?..isn't she ongain for the bridges?

5. Unskilled, incompetent; good-for-nothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > awkward or inept

unrekena1325

untoward1557

unfeatya1586

unhappy1651

ungaina1657

unadept1830

jackleg1833

jack-legged1839

inapt1860

inadept1875

unpractical1890

raunchy1937

stumblebum1940

ham1941

a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 229 Peutingers Military Tables, which the noble Mark Velser set forth, but corruptly (for how could it be otherwise after so long time, and so ungain Transcribers?).

1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 93 One of the most ungain, conceited professors of the art of murdering I ever met with.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro III. 374 For fear that he should turn out what is generally termed ungain, my father determined to send him to sea.

a. = ungainly adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward

stubblea1300

lubber?1515

awkward1530

unwieldy1530

lubberlike1572

unwieldsome1579

lubberly1580

looby1582

wieldy1588

clumsy1597

ungainly1611

unqueme1611

untowardly1611

clouter-likea1624

hip-shot1642

loobish1648

loobily1655

bumble-arsed1661

clouterly1675

lubbard1679

fumbling1681

sinistrousa1682

maladroit1685

shammockinga1704

ungain1710

splay-footed1716

gawky1759

hobbledehoyish1812

uncouthly1821

nunting1836

shammocky1841

numb1854

awkwardish1860

slummocky?1861

numb-footed1867

gawkish1876

flat-footed1899

brontosaurian1909

shamblya1937

slew-foot1945

ham-footed1960

klutzy1961

dorkus1979

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] > ungraceful

graceless?1507

clumsy1597

ungainly1611

awkwarda1616

disgraceful1615

unwieldya1635

dishonest1653

ungraceful1667

ungracious1695

ungain1710

unswan-like1837

unheppen1855

disgracious1870

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. iii. 301 She look'd wholsome, ungain and country.

1720 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 6) IV. 72 What we see of her now, is nothing but an old, slatternly, ungain Thing.

1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 2) II. 66 I was..a pupil of the famous Marcel of Paris, though no one who now views my curved and ungain figure, would suppose it.

1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 108 One of the most ungain hobble~dehoys I ever met with.

1844 Peter Parley's Ann. 306 He is the most ungain and foolish loitering bird in our domain.

in combination.1834 J. J. Halls Life H. Salt I. i. 15 A tall, thin, and somewhat ungain-looking young man.

b. Of movement, bearing, etc.

ΚΠ

1756 E. Perronet Mitre i. xxxi. 7 What ungain postures of defence, As void of manliness as sense!

1776 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 211 She..has a carriage the most ungain that ever was seen.

1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 64 (1822) II. 95 Walking in the most ungain manner upon its hind legs.

1824 Examiner 1 Feb. 71/1 The position on her knees is ungain.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ungain
释义	† ungainn. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 6 + gain n.¹ Compare Old Norse úgagn (Middle Swedish and Swedish ogagn, Middle Danish ugavn), Norwegian dialect ugjegna. Obsolete. rare. Detriment, harm. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] burstc1000 harmOE scatheOE teenOE evil healc1175 waningc1175 hurt?c1225 quede?c1225 balec1275 damage1300 follyc1300 grill13.. ungain13.. torferc1325 eviltyc1330 wem1338 impairment1340 marring1357 unhend1377 sorrowc1380 pairingc1384 pairmentc1384 mischiefc1385 offencec1385 appairment1388 hindering1390 noyinga1398 bresta1400 envya1400 wemminga1400 gremec1400 wilc1400 blemishing1413 lesion?a1425 nocument?a1425 injuryc1430 mischieving1432 hindrance1436 detrimenta1440 ill1470 untroth1470 diversity1484 remordc1485 unhappinessc1485 grudge1491 wriguldy-wrag?1520 danger1530 dishort1535 perishment1540 wreaka1542 emperishment1545 impeachment1548 indemnity1556 impair1568 spoil1572 impeach1575 interestc1575 emblemishing1583 mishap1587 endamagement1593 blemishment1596 mischievance1600 damnificationa1631 oblesion1656 mishanter1754 vitiation1802 mar1876 jeel1887 13.. St. Cristofer 251 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 457 Þere rynnes bysyde þis heghe mountayne A water, þat turnes to mekill vngayne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2021). ungainadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 + gain adj. Compare Old Norse úgegn unreasonable, obstinate, Middle Swedish ogēn unsuitable, unpleasant.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈgain. Now chiefly dialect. 1. Of ways: Not plain or direct. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [adjective] > not clear uncertainc1380 ungaina1400 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [adjective] > indirect abouta1460 indirect1474 devious1628 far-fetcheda1656 roundabout1684 circumflex1707 ungain1824 circuitous1868 a1400 Bone Florence 1421 The lady seyde, We ryde ylle, Thes gates they are ungayne. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 13 Þer-of þe pepul wold be fayne Fore to cum home aȝayne, Þat haþ goon gatis vngayne For defaute of lyȝt. 1615 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Cupids Revenge iv. sig. H2^v Though she take th' vngainst weas she can, Ile neer hat fro you. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 119 Vngain, round about, indirect. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 368 An indirect roundabout road is an ungain one. †2. Unsparing, severe; rough. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective] heavyc825 grimc900 strongeOE hardeOE drearyOE eileOE sweerOE deara1000 bitterOE tartc1000 smartOE unridec1175 sharp?c1225 straitc1275 grievousc1290 fellc1330 shrewda1387 snella1400 unsterna1400 vilea1400 importunea1425 ungainc1425 thrallc1430 peisant1483 sore?a1513 weighty1540 heinous?1541 urgent?1542 asperous?1567 dure1567 spiny1586 searching1590 hoara1600 vengible1601 flinty1613 tugging1642 atrocious1733 uncannya1774 severe1774 stern1830 punishing1833 hefty1867 solid1916 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. xi. 952 Thare reueris ragis for na rayne, Na muffis for na wedderis vngayne. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1332 Ercules..Gird gomes vnto grounde with vngayn strokes. 3. Unpleasant, disagreeable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 22751 Alas what shal þe synful say vngeyn [Gött. vngainand] þenne shal be his gamen. 1795 H. Walpole Let. to Miss Berry 28 Aug. The assemblage was not so ungain as I expected, for..there were several I knew. 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 312 The ungain character of Raoul Torta..has been clearly chronicled. 4. Awkward, inconvenient, troublesome, difficult. †at ungain, inconveniently. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] in (earlier on) untimec897 untimelyc1200 out of timea1325 in unseasona1400 importunelyc1425 in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490 importunatelya1492 at ungaina1500 untimeously1513 intempestively1548 out of season1548 timeless1586 unseasonably1586 inopportunely1609 unseasonablea1634 unopportunely1651 timelessly1673 unseasonally1941 the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or awkward ungaina1500 ungainful1565 awky1655 awkward1709 embarrassing1778 unked1861 sticky1871 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 22 Bot this cors I wold were hid, For som man myght com at vngayn. 1553 tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration C iij b Left hande mater is vngayne, and wicked what soo euer proceedeth of the fleshe. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. xiii. 63 How backward! how præposterous is the motion Of our ungaine devotion! 1764 Museum Rusticum 2 84 As they are ungain to empty on the cloth,..they are not much used. 1777 J. Wesley Compend. Nat. Philos. (ed. 3) I. ii. i. § 2. 206 The joints by which they bend are nearly in the middle..and the large bulk which they are to support, makes their flexure ungain. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. vi. 123 But, Sir, that was but an ungain business..t'other morning. 1823– in dialect glossaries. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. iii. 28 The ungain temper of his brute companion. 1893 P. H. Emerson On Eng. Lagoons xxxii. 168 Are you all alone in that wherry?..isn't she ongain for the bridges? 5. Unskilled, incompetent; good-for-nothing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > awkward or inept unrekena1325 untoward1557 unfeatya1586 unhappy1651 ungaina1657 unadept1830 jackleg1833 jack-legged1839 inapt1860 inadept1875 unpractical1890 raunchy1937 stumblebum1940 ham1941 a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 229 Peutingers Military Tables, which the noble Mark Velser set forth, but corruptly (for how could it be otherwise after so long time, and so ungain Transcribers?). 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 93 One of the most ungain, conceited professors of the art of murdering I ever met with. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro III. 374 For fear that he should turn out what is generally termed ungain, my father determined to send him to sea. 6. a. = ungainly adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward stubblea1300 lubber?1515 awkward1530 unwieldy1530 lubberlike1572 unwieldsome1579 lubberly1580 looby1582 wieldy1588 clumsy1597 ungainly1611 unqueme1611 untowardly1611 clouter-likea1624 hip-shot1642 loobish1648 loobily1655 bumble-arsed1661 clouterly1675 lubbard1679 fumbling1681 sinistrousa1682 maladroit1685 shammockinga1704 ungain1710 splay-footed1716 gawky1759 hobbledehoyish1812 uncouthly1821 nunting1836 shammocky1841 numb1854 awkwardish1860 slummocky?1861 numb-footed1867 gawkish1876 flat-footed1899 brontosaurian1909 shamblya1937 slew-foot1945 ham-footed1960 klutzy1961 dorkus1979 the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] > ungraceful graceless?1507 clumsy1597 ungainly1611 awkwarda1616 disgraceful1615 unwieldya1635 dishonest1653 ungraceful1667 ungracious1695 ungain1710 unswan-like1837 unheppen1855 disgracious1870 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. iii. 301 She look'd wholsome, ungain and country. 1720 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 6) IV. 72 What we see of her now, is nothing but an old, slatternly, ungain Thing. 1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 2) II. 66 I was..a pupil of the famous Marcel of Paris, though no one who now views my curved and ungain figure, would suppose it. 1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 108 One of the most ungain hobble~dehoys I ever met with. 1844 Peter Parley's Ann. 306 He is the most ungain and foolish loitering bird in our domain. in combination.1834 J. J. Halls Life H. Salt I. i. 15 A tall, thin, and somewhat ungain-looking young man. b. Of movement, bearing, etc. ΚΠ 1756 E. Perronet Mitre i. xxxi. 7 What ungain postures of defence, As void of manliness as sense! 1776 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 211 She..has a carriage the most ungain that ever was seen. 1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 64 (1822) II. 95 Walking in the most ungain manner upon its hind legs. 1824 Examiner 1 Feb. 71/1 The position on her knees is ungain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.13..adj.a1400
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† ungainn.

ungainadj.