† unnecessaireadj.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Unnecessary. Cf. unnecessar adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adjective] > unnecessary
needlessc1300
unneedful1387
superfluea1425
superfluousc1450
unnecessary1528
unnecessar1590
irrequisite1599
unnecessaire1611
non-necessary1621
unneeded1704
forbearable1803
uncalled1817
1611 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1889) 1st Ser. IX. 634 We know it to be unnecessaire onyway to putt your Majestie in mynd of your weele-deserving servantis.
a1686 J. Gordon Hist. Scots Affairs (1841) III. 106 The King..judgeth it insolent, as also unnecessaire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
<
adj.1611- to lift a hand against a thing
- to lift a hand to
- to lift a hand to a person
- to lift a hand to a thing
- to lift a person out
- to lift a person's hair
- to lift a person's spirits
- to lift at
- to lift from the font
- to lift hair
- to lift one's elbow
- to lift one's eyes, brow, face, visage
- to lift one's heart out of one's boots
- to lift one's heel against
- to lift one's leg
- to lift one's leg over
- to lift one'the elbow
- to lift or move a lip
- to lift out
- to lift the corporate veil
- to lift the hand
- to lift the hand(occasionally one's arm
- to lift the hands
- to lift the roof
- to lift the veil