unhauntedadj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not practised or used
unhaunted1533
disaccustomeda1586
discustomed1605
uncultivated1685
unmaintained1885
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. 298 Nocht knawand..quhy þe thing (þat was sa mony ȝeris afore vnhantit and out of consuetude) was brocht agane in vse.
2. Not frequented; lonely, solitary.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] > unfrequented
solitaryc1374
solein1390
insolentc1420
dern1488
uncoutha1542
unvisited1548
unhaunted1568
wasteful1573
unfrequented1594
untraded1596
sole1598
frequentlessa1607
unfrequenting1609
unrepaired to1615
unfrequent1618
lonely1645
lonesome1647
infrequented1675
lone1712
lonelyish1900
1568–9 Act 11 Eliz. in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 369 Enormities that have followed of the disordered trade of aliens to creekes and unhaunted portes.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 349 b Nor were they sojourning then in ye Cities, or Townes. But coucht close..in unhaunted woodes and fennes.
?1617 T. Campion 3rd & 4th Bk. Ayres iv. xiii. sig. I2v We both will sit in some vnhaunted shade.
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iv. v. sig. F7v Like beauteous flowers, which vainly waste the scent Of odors in unhanted desarts.
3. Not haunted by (or of) something.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > untroubled
untormentedc1374
unstrainedc1400
unscourgedc1412
quietc1460
untroubled1484
secure1545
unstricken1548
unplagued1549
unoppressed1559
incurious1570
secure1578
undistressed1582
unclouded1598
unpangeda1625
indisturbed1664
unpained1667
ungrieved1676
smooth1757
unhaunted1818
unteased1843
unfazed1855
all serene1856
unfussed1907
unthrown1959
OK1978
1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 162 [They] can lay their heads on their pillows unhaunted by the apprehension of seeing him no more.
a1821 J. Keats Ode on Indolence in Life, Lett. & Literary Remains (1848) II. 277 Unhaunted quite of all but—nothingness.
1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life ii. 21 Unhaunted by any pang for the decay that afterwards saddened me.., I glided on.
Derivatives
unˈhauntedness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > unfrequented place > unfrequentedness
solitariness1560
solitude1585
infrequency1600
unfrequency1611
unhauntedness1611
untroddenness1644
unfrequentedness1651
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Infrequenza, vnhauntednesse.
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