unsaintlyadj.
(un- prefix1 1) Also, in recent use (1887–), unsaintliness.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [adjective] > not
saintlessa1603
unsaintly1659
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1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα ii. xix. 209 What (I pray) can be more unsaintly, than to..delight and glory..in most unjust and uncharitable actions?
1809 J. Foster Ess. (1844) I. 272 There is something unsaintly spread over the character.
1837 T. P. Thompson Lett. Representative 2nd Ser. 106 Bring up the most unsaintly cases you can find.
1899 B. Harraden Fowler i. ix A most unsaintly-looking pair of shoes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1659- to come to an end
- to come to an explanation
- to come to an éclaircissement
- to come to anchor
- to come to attention
- to come to be a woman
- to come to bear
- to come to bow
- to come to buckle and bare thong
- to come to etc fruition
- to come to etc full fruition
- to come to fine
- to come to fruition
- to come to full fruition
- to come to good
- to have one's collar felt
- to have one's days
- to have one's ear to the ground
- to have one's ears flapping
- to have one's ears on
- to have one's ears to the ground
- to have one's eye after
- to have one's eye in
- to have one's eye on
- to have one's eye on the ball