单词 | unquit |
释义 | unquitadj. 1. Unrequited; not repaid. Now rare (chiefly archaic). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] > unrewarded unforyoldenOE unacquit1390 unmeedya1400 unquita1400 guerdonless?c1400 unrewarded?a1425 unguerdoned1433 unrecompensed1469 rewardless1481 unrequited1556 unrepaid1592 requiteless1606 desertless1607 uncompensated1823 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > relating to retaliation > retaliated > not unquita1400 unyoldenc1540 unrequited1556 unquitteda1678 unretaliated1683 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21431 Þe dai es gan, þe dett vn-quitte, þe bodi most beleue for it. c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) l. 12171 (MED) Now is he ded and þe dett vn qwyte [rhymes fytt, sytt], and ylka man askes his dett of me. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 288 Þat rebuke þat he gaf me xal not be vn-qwyt. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 89 Þus þer schall no good dede be vnquyte [a1450 Claud. vnquytte]. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 143 Suppois the servand be lang unquit [a1586 unservit], The lord sumtyme rewaird will it. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 49 Thinck not alone vnder the sonne Vnquyt to cause thy lovers plain. 1859 Life, Trial & Execution Capt. John Brown (new ed.) 88 Was he to go unquit by justice for his offences? 1895 ‘H. Haliburton’ Dunbar: Poems adapted for Mod. Readers 66 Tho' service may gang lang unquit Rewaird at last we'll surely get. 1908 L. Abercrombie Interludes & Poems 16 Prince. Will you not hear my sorrow first? Margaret. I know it,—Love, and love forsworn, and love unquit, And love again. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining as opposed to going > remained or not gone ungone1572 unleft1598 unquit1605 unquitted1713 untranslated1745 undismisseda1800 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 286 We must pray you hold your Guards Vnquit, when Morning comes. View more context for this quotation 1896 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 23 Sept. With men heretofore of a turgid and direct partisanship, such as Hill, on the unquit fence, it is no wonder there should arise a jarring clash of claims. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1400 |
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