† unquaintadj.
Obsolete.
Not wise or cunning; ignorant; imprudent. Cf. quaint adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]
unlearedeOE
untowenc1000
unwittyc1000
skillessc1175
uncouthc1220
lewda1225
lorelessa1300
simplea1325
layc1330
uncunning1340
untaughtc1340
unknowingc1350
rudea1382
roida1400
unquainta1400
ignorant?c1400
unlearnedc1400
misknowing?a1425
simple-hearted?c1425
unknownc1475
unkenningc1480
unweeting1483
nescienta1500
craftlessc1530
misliterate1532
sillya1547
ingram1553
gross1561
inscient1578
borowe1579
plain-headeda1586
empirical1588
rudeful1589
lack-learning1590
learnless?1593
wotless?1594
ingrant1597
untutored1597
small-knowing1598
uninstructed1598
unlearnt1609
unread1609
unware?1611
nescious1623
inscious1633
inscientifical1660
uninformed1702
unaware1704
unable1721
unsuspecting1776
inerudite1801
ill-informed1824
incognoscent1827
unminded1831
unknowledgeable1837
knowledgelessc1843
parviscient1862
clueless1943
a1400 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Harl. 1022) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 9 (MED) Þo fende desceyues..vnqwaynt men.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxl. §4. 470 It is the manere of vnquaynt men..to excuse thaim with falshede.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) ciii. §26. 364 Waytyngis of thaim..occupyes vnquaynte men anence thaire saule.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.a1400- milk pea
- milk pie
- milk pitcher
- milk plant
- milk porridge
- milk posset
- milk pot
- milk pottage
- milk poultice
- meadow fescuegrass
- meadow flower
- meadow foam
- meadow foxtail
- meadow frog
- meadow gale
- meadow gallinule
- meadow gowan
- meadow grass
- meadow green
- meadow ground
- meadow hay
- meadow hen
- meadow leet
- meadow lily
- meadow lot