unworthn.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 6. Compare Dutch onwaarde , German unwerth , Danish uværd worthlessness; also wanworth adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈworth.

†1. Lack of merit or desert. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undeserving

unworth1340

misdeserving1540

undesert1587

misdesert1596

undeserving1598

indeserta1657

undeservednessa1834

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 35 Þe þridde manere of gavelinge is ine ham þet habbeþ onworþ to lene of hire hand.

1340 Ayenb. 270 Dyad he [sc. Christ] is, þou hest hueruore: and to sterue þou hest onworþ?

2. Lack or absence of worth; unworthiness.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undeserving > want of merit

unworthinessa1340

indignity1589

immerit1628

unworth1835

1835 T. Carlyle Let. 4 June in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1981) VIII. 135 Do you reckon..that Style (mere dictionary style) has much to do with the worth or unworth of a Book?

1872 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera II. xiv. 9 Nature and Heaven command you..to discern worth from unworth in everything.

1896 A. Austin England's Darling iii. i Why hath the King Laid this great meed on my un~worth?

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† unworthadj.¹

Etymology: Old English unweorþ , unwurþ , etc. (un- prefix¹ 1), = Old High German unwërd (Middle High German unwërt , German unwerth ), Middle Low German unwert , Middle Dutch onwert , onwerd , etc. (Dutch onwaard ), Old Norse úverðr . Compare wanworth n. and adj.

Obsolete.

1. = unworthy adj. 1, 2, 3:

a. Of persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible

unworthc893

unwrastc893

littleOE

narrow-hearteda1200

wretcha1200

unworthya1240

wretchedc1250

un-i-wrastc1275

bad1276

lechera1300

feeblea1325

despisablea1340

villain1340

contemptiblec1384

lousyc1386

caitiff1393

brothelyc1400

roinousa1425

poor1425

sevenpennyc1475

nasty1477

peakish1519

filthy1533

despectuous1541

beggary1542

scald1542

shitten?1545

disdainfula1547

contemptuous1549

despicable1553

skit-brained?1553

contemniblea1555

vile1560

sluttish1561

queer1567

scornful1570

scallardc1575

tinkerly?1576

worthless1576

beggarly?1577

paltry1578

halfpenny1579

dog bolt1580

pitiful1582

sneaking1582

triobolar1585

wormisha1586

baddy1586

dudgeon1592

measled1596

packstaff1598

roguey1598

roguish1601

contemptful1608

grovelling1608

lightly1608

disdainable1611

purulent1611

snotty-nose1622

vilipendious1630

cittern-headed1638

wormy1640

pissabed1643

triobolary1644

disparageable1648

blue-bellied1652

unestimable1656

scullion1658

piteous1667

dirty1670

shabbed1674

shabby1679

snotty1681

snotty-nosed1682

mucky1683

bollocky1694

scoundrel1700

scaldeda1704

sneaking1703

ficulnean1716

unsolid1731

pitiable1753

scrubby1754

inimitable1798

scrubbish1798

worm-likea1807

small1824

lowlife1827

ketty1828

skunkish1831

yellow-bellied1833

scaly1843

cockroachya1845

wutless1853

nigger1859

trashy1862

low-down1872

cruddy1877

shitty1879

tinhorn1886

blithering1889

motherfucking1890

snidey1890

pilgarlicky1894

shitass1895

shoddy1918

yah boo1921

bitching1929

shit-faced1932

turdish1936

fricking1937

jerk-off1937

chickenshit1940

sheg-up1941

snot-nosed1941

jerky1944

mother-loving1948

scroungy1948

fecking1952

pissant1952

shit-kicking1953

shit-eating1956

bumboclaat1957

rassclaat1957

shit-headed1959

farkakte1960

shithouse1966

daggy1967

dipshit1968

scuzzy1969

bloodclaat1971

bitch ass1972

wanky1972

streelish1974

twatty1975

twattish1976

dweeby1988

douchey1991

wank1991

cockish1996

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > of insufficient merit

unworthc893

unworthya1240

undignec1315

unthrivingc1325

unmeriting1594

meritless1596

unmeritable1597

unmeritorious1599

immeritorious1642

immeritous1645

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iv. vii. §4 Æt þæm feorðan cirre hie sendon Hannan heora þone unweorðestan þegn, & he hit abæd.

c1000 Rule of Chrodegang 70 Preost þe bið cypa & of þam arist of wædlan to rican men, & of unwurðum men to wurðfullum.

c1200 Vices & Virtues 5 Sume oðre forlæteþ ðe world..and sone hem seluen healdeð for hali, and unwurð healdeþ of oðre.

c1230 Hali Meid. 33 Ȝif þu iwurðest him unwurð, & he ase unwurð þe.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1730 He bið vnworð [c1300 Otho onworþ] & lah. þe mon þe litul ah.

c1275 Prov. Ælfred (Trin. Coll. MS.) 316 Swo is moni gadeling godelike on horse, wlanc on weiȝe, and unwurþ on wike.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 132 Þeruore þe uerþe stape is of þise uirtue: wylni to by y-knawe, and y-healde uor uyl and onworþ.

c1425 in Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 641/143 For þou vnworthe resawes me [= Christ], Þu belewys noȝt þat I suld be he.

1603 E. Melville Ane Godlie Dreame sig. A4 O wretch vnworth, my dayes ar vainlie spent.

b. Of things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless

naughteOE

unworthc960

nought worthOE

unworthya1240

vaina1300

lewd1362

base?1510

to be nothing toc1520

stark naught1528

nothing worth1535

worthilessa1542

draffish1543

baggage1548

dunghill?1555

valureless1563

toyish1572

worthless1573

out (forth) of door (also doors)1574

leaden1577

riff-raff1577

drafty1582

fecklessc1586

dudgeon?1589

nought-worth1589

tenpenny1592

wanwordy?a1595

shotten herring1598

nugatory1603

unvalued1604

priceless1614

unvaluable1615

valuelessa1616

waste1616

trashya1620

draffy1624

stramineous1624

invaluable1640

roly-poly?1645

nugatorious1646

perquisquilian1647

niffling1649

lazy1671

wanworth1724

little wortha1754

flimsy1756

waff1788

null1790

nothingy1801

nothingly1802

twopenny-halfpenny1809

not worth a flaw1810

garbage1817

peanut1836

duffing1839

trash1843

no-account1845

no-count1851

punky1859

rummagy1872

junky1880

skilligalee1883

footle1894

punk1896

wherry-go-nimble1901

junk1908

rinky-dink1913

schlock1916

tripe1927

duff1938

chickenshit1940

sheg-up1941

expendable1942

(strictly) for the birds1943

tripey1955

schlocky1960

naff1964

dipshit1968

cack1978

c960 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet (Schröer) 138 Þæt heora heortan furþum mid wacum mettum and unweorþum ne syn ofersymede.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 770 Vuel strengþe is lutel wrþ Ac wisdom ne wrþ neuer vnwrþ.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12304 & elche untuhtle heo talden vn-wurðe.

c1320 Cast. Love 1112 Woldestou þi finger ȝeue..So vnworth and so vyl chaffare to bugge?

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 215 Ase þe werm is uoul, and lite, þing onworth.

c. With dative, or with prepositions (esp. to).

ΚΠ

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxviii Hu ne wes he þeah ælcum witum lað & unweorð?

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xvi. 367 Se idela gylp us beo æfre unwurð.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 His beoden beoð aweriede and unwurðe gode.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 Þe alre unwurþeste wig one to riden.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 1531 Stille þine wordes, for ha beoð me unwurð.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 40 Þe blake clað bi tacneð þet ȝe beoð blake & vnwurð towart þe world wið uten.

c1300 Beket 653 Unworth ich am of holi churche wardeyn forto beo.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 49 Þis zenne is zuo onworþ to gode, þet he dede rine uer berninde..ope þe cite of sodome.

2. Undeserved; = unworthy adj. 4a. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > undeserved

unearnedc1200

unofearneda1225

unwortha1240

unworthya1382

unrighteous1533

desertless1556

unmerited1581

undeserving1598

immerited1602

meritless1603

undemerited1629

unmeritable1635

ill-deserveda1666

a1240 Lofsong in Old Eng. Hom. I. 207 Bi þe herde hurtes and þe unwurðe wowes ðet he..willeliche þolede.

Derivatives

† unˈworthhead n. Obsolete contempt.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun]

scornc1175

scarec1275

disdainc1290

forhoghta1300

despite1340

unworthhead1340

unworthness1340

despising1382

byscorn1387

contempta1393

daina1400

dedignationc1400

vilityc1430

despisec1440

contemption1467

lightliness1479

despection1482

misprisement1483

misprizing1485

contemnment1502

fastidie1536

misprize1590

misprision1592

sdeign1595

misprisal1596

despisement1603

disesteem1603

disestimation1619

despiciency1623

despect1624

disopinion1625

under-opinion1629

despisal1650

parvipension1675

sneer1791

misesteem1832

despication1837

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 17 Þe uerste boȝ of prede is ontreuþe, þe oþer onworþhede, þe þridde ouerweninge.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 29 Þe uerþe [sin] is onworþhede of penonce.

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unworthadj.²

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 + worth adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈworth.

Not worthy of (something); = unworthy adj. 6. Const. with (a) nouns, esp. while, or (b) verbal nouns.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving

unofservedc1225

unworthya1240

undeserved1390

unmeedfula1425

meedless1435

incondignc1450

indignc1450

undeserving1549

worthless1586

unworth1587

desertless1631

immeriting1635

demeritoriousa1640

deserveless1648

(a)

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 4^v Wherein if ought vnworth the presse thou finde, Unsavorie..Impute it to the troubles of my minde.

1664 J. Wilson Projectors iii Perhaps is may not be unworth your while.

1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum at Goats Which if true or not would not be unworth the while of the curious in anatomy to enquire.

1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) 458 You may..deem it not unworth your while to review it.

1903 T. Hardy Dynasts i. v. vi Some poor dolt unworth captivity.

(b)1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 25 Baggage stuffe, vnwoorth the aunswering, or reading.1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 6 Many things might be noted..not ordinary, nor unworth the noting.1691 J. Wilson Belphegor v. iii He'll tell ye the Story..not unworth your hearing.

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† unworthv.

Etymology: Old English unweorðian ( < unweorþ unworth adj.¹), = Middle Dutch onwerden, Middle Low German unwerden, Old Norse úvirða, to slight, etc.; compare also German entwerthen to deprive of value.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To treat (a person or thing) disparagingly or with disdain; to slight, despise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt

unworthc950

to make scorn at, toc1320

to take in vainc1330

despise1377

rebuke?a1400

despite1481

indign1490

to make a mumming of1523

flock1545

scandalize1566

to make coarse account of1578

misregard1582

overpeer1583

to make a pish at (also of)1593

to make a push at1600

to bite by the nose1602

blurta1625

to piss ona1625

to make wash-way of, with1642

trample1646

huff1677

snouch1761

to walk over (the course)1779

to run over ——1816

snoot1928

shaft1959

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John viii. 49 Ic diuul ne hafo.., ah ic uorðige faeder min & gie un-uorðade mec.

c1000 Ælfric in Assmann Ags. Hom. 93 Seo cwen..ne unwurðode na þe ænne mid þan, ac ealle þine ealdormenn and eac þine þegnas.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18285 Hefiȝlike he shameþþ þe & shendeþþ & unnwurrþeþþ.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 181 For we..swo..unwurðeð ure drihten, wurðeð þe deuel.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 8 Huo þet onworþeþ his uader and his moder.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 84 Uirtue makeþ wynne heuene, and onworþi þe wordle.

2. To dishonour (something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)]

unworthc1200

unworshipc1380

to hold no state ofa1400

dishonour1411

wrongc1449

disglorify1584

baffle1592

indignify1595

deglory1610

disrespect1614

violate1692

undertreat1721

deconsider1881

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 He sholde..noht shenden godes shafte,..ne swo unwurðin godes handiwerc.

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n.1340

adj.¹c888

adj.²1587

v.c950

单词	unworth
释义	unworthn. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 6. Compare Dutch onwaarde , German unwerth , Danish uværd worthlessness; also wanworth adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈworth. †1. Lack of merit or desert. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undeserving unworth1340 misdeserving1540 undesert1587 misdesert1596 undeserving1598 indeserta1657 undeservednessa1834 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 35 Þe þridde manere of gavelinge is ine ham þet habbeþ onworþ to lene of hire hand. 1340 Ayenb. 270 Dyad he [sc. Christ] is, þou hest hueruore: and to sterue þou hest onworþ? 2. Lack or absence of worth; unworthiness. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undeserving > want of merit unworthinessa1340 indignity1589 immerit1628 unworth1835 1835 T. Carlyle Let. 4 June in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1981) VIII. 135 Do you reckon..that Style (mere dictionary style) has much to do with the worth or unworth of a Book? 1872 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera II. xiv. 9 Nature and Heaven command you..to discern worth from unworth in everything. 1896 A. Austin England's Darling iii. i Why hath the King Laid this great meed on my un~worth? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † unworthadj.¹ Etymology: Old English unweorþ , unwurþ , etc. (un- prefix¹ 1), = Old High German unwërd (Middle High German unwërt , German unwerth ), Middle Low German unwert , Middle Dutch onwert , onwerd , etc. (Dutch onwaard ), Old Norse úverðr . Compare wanworth n. and adj. Obsolete. 1. = unworthy adj. 1, 2, 3: a. Of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible unworthc893 unwrastc893 littleOE narrow-hearteda1200 wretcha1200 unworthya1240 wretchedc1250 un-i-wrastc1275 bad1276 lechera1300 feeblea1325 despisablea1340 villain1340 contemptiblec1384 lousyc1386 caitiff1393 brothelyc1400 roinousa1425 poor1425 sevenpennyc1475 nasty1477 peakish1519 filthy1533 despectuous1541 beggary1542 scald1542 shitten?1545 disdainfula1547 contemptuous1549 despicable1553 skit-brained?1553 contemniblea1555 vile1560 sluttish1561 queer1567 scornful1570 scallardc1575 tinkerly?1576 worthless1576 beggarly?1577 paltry1578 halfpenny1579 dog bolt1580 pitiful1582 sneaking1582 triobolar1585 wormisha1586 baddy1586 dudgeon1592 measled1596 packstaff1598 roguey1598 roguish1601 contemptful1608 grovelling1608 lightly1608 disdainable1611 purulent1611 snotty-nose1622 vilipendious1630 cittern-headed1638 wormy1640 pissabed1643 triobolary1644 disparageable1648 blue-bellied1652 unestimable1656 scullion1658 piteous1667 dirty1670 shabbed1674 shabby1679 snotty1681 snotty-nosed1682 mucky1683 bollocky1694 scoundrel1700 scaldeda1704 sneaking1703 ficulnean1716 unsolid1731 pitiable1753 scrubby1754 inimitable1798 scrubbish1798 worm-likea1807 small1824 lowlife1827 ketty1828 skunkish1831 yellow-bellied1833 scaly1843 cockroachya1845 wutless1853 nigger1859 trashy1862 low-down1872 cruddy1877 shitty1879 tinhorn1886 blithering1889 motherfucking1890 snidey1890 pilgarlicky1894 shitass1895 shoddy1918 yah boo1921 bitching1929 shit-faced1932 turdish1936 fricking1937 jerk-off1937 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 snot-nosed1941 jerky1944 mother-loving1948 scroungy1948 fecking1952 pissant1952 shit-kicking1953 shit-eating1956 bumboclaat1957 rassclaat1957 shit-headed1959 farkakte1960 shithouse1966 daggy1967 dipshit1968 scuzzy1969 bloodclaat1971 bitch ass1972 wanky1972 streelish1974 twatty1975 twattish1976 dweeby1988 douchey1991 wank1991 cockish1996 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > of insufficient merit unworthc893 unworthya1240 undignec1315 unthrivingc1325 unmeriting1594 meritless1596 unmeritable1597 unmeritorious1599 immeritorious1642 immeritous1645 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iv. vii. §4 Æt þæm feorðan cirre hie sendon Hannan heora þone unweorðestan þegn, & he hit abæd. c1000 Rule of Chrodegang 70 Preost þe bið cypa & of þam arist of wædlan to rican men, & of unwurðum men to wurðfullum. c1200 Vices & Virtues 5 Sume oðre forlæteþ ðe world..and sone hem seluen healdeð for hali, and unwurð healdeþ of oðre. c1230 Hali Meid. 33 Ȝif þu iwurðest him unwurð, & he ase unwurð þe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1730 He bið vnworð [c1300 Otho onworþ] & lah. þe mon þe litul ah. c1275 Prov. Ælfred (Trin. Coll. MS.) 316 Swo is moni gadeling godelike on horse, wlanc on weiȝe, and unwurþ on wike. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 132 Þeruore þe uerþe stape is of þise uirtue: wylni to by y-knawe, and y-healde uor uyl and onworþ. c1425 in Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 641/143 For þou vnworthe resawes me [= Christ], Þu belewys noȝt þat I suld be he. 1603 E. Melville Ane Godlie Dreame sig. A4 O wretch vnworth, my dayes ar vainlie spent. b. Of things. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless naughteOE unworthc960 nought worthOE unworthya1240 vaina1300 lewd1362 base?1510 to be nothing toc1520 stark naught1528 nothing worth1535 worthilessa1542 draffish1543 baggage1548 dunghill?1555 valureless1563 toyish1572 worthless1573 out (forth) of door (also doors)1574 leaden1577 riff-raff1577 drafty1582 fecklessc1586 dudgeon?1589 nought-worth1589 tenpenny1592 wanwordy?a1595 shotten herring1598 nugatory1603 unvalued1604 priceless1614 unvaluable1615 valuelessa1616 waste1616 trashya1620 draffy1624 stramineous1624 invaluable1640 roly-poly?1645 nugatorious1646 perquisquilian1647 niffling1649 lazy1671 wanworth1724 little wortha1754 flimsy1756 waff1788 null1790 nothingy1801 nothingly1802 twopenny-halfpenny1809 not worth a flaw1810 garbage1817 peanut1836 duffing1839 trash1843 no-account1845 no-count1851 punky1859 rummagy1872 junky1880 skilligalee1883 footle1894 punk1896 wherry-go-nimble1901 junk1908 rinky-dink1913 schlock1916 tripe1927 duff1938 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 expendable1942 (strictly) for the birds1943 tripey1955 schlocky1960 naff1964 dipshit1968 cack1978 c960 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet (Schröer) 138 Þæt heora heortan furþum mid wacum mettum and unweorþum ne syn ofersymede. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 770 Vuel strengþe is lutel wrþ Ac wisdom ne wrþ neuer vnwrþ. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12304 & elche untuhtle heo talden vn-wurðe. c1320 Cast. Love 1112 Woldestou þi finger ȝeue..So vnworth and so vyl chaffare to bugge? 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 215 Ase þe werm is uoul, and lite, þing onworth. c. With dative, or with prepositions (esp. to). ΚΠ c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxviii Hu ne wes he þeah ælcum witum lað & unweorð? c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xvi. 367 Se idela gylp us beo æfre unwurð. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 His beoden beoð aweriede and unwurðe gode. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 Þe alre unwurþeste wig one to riden. a1225 Leg. Kath. 1531 Stille þine wordes, for ha beoð me unwurð. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 40 Þe blake clað bi tacneð þet ȝe beoð blake & vnwurð towart þe world wið uten. c1300 Beket 653 Unworth ich am of holi churche wardeyn forto beo. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 49 Þis zenne is zuo onworþ to gode, þet he dede rine uer berninde..ope þe cite of sodome. 2. Undeserved; = unworthy adj. 4a. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > undeserved unearnedc1200 unofearneda1225 unwortha1240 unworthya1382 unrighteous1533 desertless1556 unmerited1581 undeserving1598 immerited1602 meritless1603 undemerited1629 unmeritable1635 ill-deserveda1666 a1240 Lofsong in Old Eng. Hom. I. 207 Bi þe herde hurtes and þe unwurðe wowes ðet he..willeliche þolede. Derivatives † unˈworthhead n. Obsolete contempt. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] scornc1175 scarec1275 disdainc1290 forhoghta1300 despite1340 unworthhead1340 unworthness1340 despising1382 byscorn1387 contempta1393 daina1400 dedignationc1400 vilityc1430 despisec1440 contemption1467 lightliness1479 despection1482 misprisement1483 misprizing1485 contemnment1502 fastidie1536 misprize1590 misprision1592 sdeign1595 misprisal1596 despisement1603 disesteem1603 disestimation1619 despiciency1623 despect1624 disopinion1625 under-opinion1629 despisal1650 parvipension1675 sneer1791 misesteem1832 despication1837 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 17 Þe uerste boȝ of prede is ontreuþe, þe oþer onworþhede, þe þridde ouerweninge. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 29 Þe uerþe [sin] is onworþhede of penonce. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unworthadj.² Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 + worth adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈworth. Not worthy of (something); = unworthy adj. 6. Const. with (a) nouns, esp. while, or (b) verbal nouns. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving unofservedc1225 unworthya1240 undeserved1390 unmeedfula1425 meedless1435 incondignc1450 indignc1450 undeserving1549 worthless1586 unworth1587 desertless1631 immeriting1635 demeritoriousa1640 deserveless1648 (a) 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 4^v Wherein if ought vnworth the presse thou finde, Unsavorie..Impute it to the troubles of my minde. 1664 J. Wilson Projectors iii Perhaps is may not be unworth your while. 1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum at Goats Which if true or not would not be unworth the while of the curious in anatomy to enquire. 1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) 458 You may..deem it not unworth your while to review it. 1903 T. Hardy Dynasts i. v. vi Some poor dolt unworth captivity. (b)1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 25 Baggage stuffe, vnwoorth the aunswering, or reading.1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 6 Many things might be noted..not ordinary, nor unworth the noting.1691 J. Wilson Belphegor v. iii He'll tell ye the Story..not unworth your hearing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † unworthv. Etymology: Old English unweorðian ( < unweorþ unworth adj.¹), = Middle Dutch onwerden, Middle Low German unwerden, Old Norse úvirða, to slight, etc.; compare also German entwerthen to deprive of value. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To treat (a person or thing) disparagingly or with disdain; to slight, despise. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt unworthc950 to make scorn at, toc1320 to take in vainc1330 despise1377 rebuke?a1400 despite1481 indign1490 to make a mumming of1523 flock1545 scandalize1566 to make coarse account of1578 misregard1582 overpeer1583 to make a pish at (also of)1593 to make a push at1600 to bite by the nose1602 blurta1625 to piss ona1625 to make wash-way of, with1642 trample1646 huff1677 snouch1761 to walk over (the course)1779 to run over ——1816 snoot1928 shaft1959 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John viii. 49 Ic diuul ne hafo.., ah ic uorðige faeder min & gie un-uorðade mec. c1000 Ælfric in Assmann Ags. Hom. 93 Seo cwen..ne unwurðode na þe ænne mid þan, ac ealle þine ealdormenn and eac þine þegnas. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18285 Hefiȝlike he shameþþ þe & shendeþþ & unnwurrþeþþ. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 181 For we..swo..unwurðeð ure drihten, wurðeð þe deuel. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 8 Huo þet onworþeþ his uader and his moder. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 84 Uirtue makeþ wynne heuene, and onworþi þe wordle. 2. To dishonour (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] unworthc1200 unworshipc1380 to hold no state ofa1400 dishonour1411 wrongc1449 disglorify1584 baffle1592 indignify1595 deglory1610 disrespect1614 violate1692 undertreat1721 deconsider1881 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 He sholde..noht shenden godes shafte,..ne swo unwurðin godes handiwerc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1340adj.¹c888adj.²1587v.c950
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