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单词 unseamanlike
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unseamanlikeadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈseamanlike.
(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
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World i. 7 His unseamanlike behaviour in the late storm.
1865 Sat. Rev. 2 Sept. 301/2 The idea of a French Sailor as a weedy, unseamanlike kind of ‘loafer’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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