† unlettenadj.

Forms: 1500s onlaten, 1500s unletton, 1500s vnlettin (Scottish), 1600s–1800s unletten.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, English letten , let v.¹

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + letten, variant past participle of let v.¹ Compare earlier unlet adj.With sense 2 compare unletting adj.

Obsolete.

1. Not let or rented out; = unlet adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held in leasehold or by tenant > not

unlet1453

unset1480

unletten1531

unleased1631

unlettable1833

1531 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 112 Many houses, habitacions and dwellynges with inne the same citie stode onlaten and grue to ruyn.

1546 Decree 24 Feb. in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 1000 Hawles of Craftes.., soo long as they bee keapte unletton.

1624 W. Allanson Let. 7 July in Corr. Dr. M. Hutton (1843) clxi. 247 Two tythes you then had unletten, Killam and Aldbroughe.

1671 T. Culpeper Humble Proposal for Relief of Debtors 2 Prized..with such moderate abatement of former Rents, where Farms are unletten, as shall be judged reasonable.

1696 Law Eng. Four Principal Seals 111 It being good for the Kings Benefit, that his Land shall not lye unletten.

1753 Act for Sale of Estate M. Manning 3 One other Tenement, then unletten.

1832 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 3 Mar. The cultivation of such parts of the waste lands as shall be unappropriated or unletten.

2. Scottish. Not freed or let go.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective] > not permitting > not permitted

unluveda1200

disallowable1442

unallowable1560

unletten1575

unpermitted1591

illicit1606

unallowed1632

contraband1686

illicitous1693

non-admissible1766

unpermissible1775

inadmissible1776

impermissible1829

1575 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1575/3/5 All..vagaboundis..tobe committit in ward in the commoune presoun,..thair tobe kepis unlettin to libertie..quhill thay [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unletten
释义	† unlettenadj. Forms: 1500s onlaten, 1500s unletton, 1500s vnlettin (Scottish), 1600s–1800s unletten. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, English letten , let v.¹ Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + letten, variant past participle of let v.¹ Compare earlier unlet adj.With sense 2 compare unletting adj. Obsolete. 1. Not let or rented out; = unlet adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held in leasehold or by tenant > not unlet1453 unset1480 unletten1531 unleased1631 unlettable1833 1531 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 112 Many houses, habitacions and dwellynges with inne the same citie stode onlaten and grue to ruyn. 1546 Decree 24 Feb. in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 1000 Hawles of Craftes.., soo long as they bee keapte unletton. 1624 W. Allanson Let. 7 July in Corr. Dr. M. Hutton (1843) clxi. 247 Two tythes you then had unletten, Killam and Aldbroughe. 1671 T. Culpeper Humble Proposal for Relief of Debtors 2 Prized..with such moderate abatement of former Rents, where Farms are unletten, as shall be judged reasonable. 1696 Law Eng. Four Principal Seals 111 It being good for the Kings Benefit, that his Land shall not lye unletten. 1753 Act for Sale of Estate M. Manning 3 One other Tenement, then unletten. 1832 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 3 Mar. The cultivation of such parts of the waste lands as shall be unappropriated or unletten. 2. Scottish. Not freed or let go. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective] > not permitting > not permitted unluveda1200 disallowable1442 unallowable1560 unletten1575 unpermitted1591 illicit1606 unallowed1632 contraband1686 illicitous1693 non-admissible1766 unpermissible1775 inadmissible1776 impermissible1829 1575 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1575/3/5 All..vagaboundis..tobe committit in ward in the commoune presoun,..thair tobe kepis unlettin to libertie..quhill thay [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1531
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