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单词 unsailorlike
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unsailorlikeadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsailorlike.
(un- prefix1 1c.)
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [adjective] > characteristic of (good) sailor > not
unseamanlike1726
unnautical1780
lubberly1795
unsailorlike1841
lubberlike1851
unsailorly1883
land-lubbing1885
1841 W. M. Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Wks. (1898) III. 375 Nothing can be more unsailorlike than his namby-pamby starlit descriptions.
1865 J. Cameron Malayan India 41 The unsightly and unsailorlike aspect of the craft.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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