单词 | unwont |
释义 | unwontadj. Now rare or Obsolete. 1. a. Unusual; uncustomary; = unwonted adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > unusual or unwonted uncustomable1387 unwonea1400 unwontc1400 unwonedc1455 inconsuete?a1475 insolite1490 unused1513 unaccustomed1526 inusitate1546 unordinary1547 uncustomed1552 unwonted1553 insolent1581 unusual1582 unaccustomable1584 unquainted1587 wontless1587 untrafficked1596 diswonted1600 inordinary1606 inusual1609 invulgar1610 uncommon1611 uncustomary1650 uncommonplace1873 c1400 Found. St. Bartholomew's 46 The man awakid was afrayed of this vnwount vision and..lost his wytte. c1475 Cath. Angl. 423/2 (A.) To be vn Wonte, dessuere, dessuescere. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxv. f. 34 The vnwont and sodayn feare of this treason. 1533–4 Acts 25 Hen. VIII c. 21 §3 Yf it be thought..that dispensacions..in any suche cause unwonte shall passe. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death iii. xii. 245 If one dye an vnwont death. 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 52v A fearfull and an unwont blasing starre appeared. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insolite, strange, vnused, vnaccustomed, vnwont. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 216 He..with Activity unwont, Assay'd the lofty Beast to mount. 1816 Monthly Mag. 41 527 E'en in the chapel watch unwont is kept. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. i. 15 But what concern hangs on thy countenance, Unwont within this place? b. poetic. Of persons: Strange in manner. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > unusual or unwonted > of persons: not behaving as usual unwonta1843 a1843 S. Bamford Wild Rider iv, in Poems (1864) 76 The knight, from that day, Was altered in look, and unwont in his way. 2. Not wont, used, or accustomed to do something. Cf. unwonted adj. 2. (a). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed unused1297 insolent?a1505 uncustomed?1520 unwont1552 unured1566 unwonteda1586 unhardened1600 unseasoned1608 unaccustomed1611 unconversanta1674 uninureda1708 unhackneyed1760 unfamiliarized1775 unhabituated1796 unhabituate1815 1552 R. Morysine in P. F. Tytler Eng. under Edward VI & Mary (1839) II. 136 (modernized text) He hath a face unwont to disclose any hid affection of his heart. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xi. sig. Ii5 Groomes..Vnwont with heards to watch, or pasture sheepe. View more context for this quotation 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 54 Though [thou art] all unwont to bid in vain. 1823 F. D. Hemans Siege Valencia ii. 132 A stem Unwont to bend or break. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. i. 29 I am unwont to press my favours. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > strangeness strangenessc1386 uncouthness1435 alangeness1440 estrangeness1549 unwontness1552 unkethness1564 foreignness1611 remotenessa1719 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Vnwontenes, insolentia, dissuetudo. 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations iv. 35 Beholde what an insolencie and vnwoontnesse the man is growne vnto. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † unwontv. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. = disaccustom v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > give up a habit or practice [verb (transitive)] > cause one to or disaccustom unwone1340 disuse1489 discustom1502 wean1526 disaccustom1530 uncustom1530 unaccustom1580 unwont1580 to break (any one) of a practice or habit1612 disinure1613 unhitch1622 unhabit1650 dishabituate1869 wean1891 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Se Desaccoustumer, to vnwoont. 2. To disappoint. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > frustrate, thwart discomfitc1230 blenk?a1400 mispoint1480 fruster1490 frustrate?a1513 disappoint1545 destitutea1563 foila1564 deceive1571 thwart1581 balka1593 discomfort1596 unwont1629 fail1634 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 107 If (at any time) his Power and Will, shall surprize mine vnwariness, or vnwont mine expectation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400v.1580 |
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