unpresumingadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnprᵻˈzjuːmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənprəˈz(j)umɪŋ/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and presuming adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, presuming adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + presuming adj.

That does not presume; modest, unassuming.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective]

simplec1300

measurablec1330

methec1390

murec1390

smallc1405

soleinc1450

timorous1474

modest1561

unbragging1570

unboldened1591

unpresuming1607

bragless1609

unambitious1621

boastless1632

unpompous1656

verecundous1656

sober1659

tender-foreheaded1659

unpragmatical1673

unpretending1681

unpresumptuous1704

unimportant1727

unaspiringa1729

inambitious1729

unassuming1730

unostentatiousa1739

unboastful1744

pretensionless1748

unarrogating1748

uncontending1748

unopinionated1775

unboasting1802

underbearing1802

mousy1812

un-ultra1817

unarrogant1831

low-flying1835

unconceited1838

unpretentious1838

uninflated1861

unvain1863

unbumptious1865

1607 S. Daniel Musophilus (new ed.) Ep. sig. A6, in Certaine Small Workes Your most worthy and iudicious Knight Did first draw forth from close obscuritie My vnpresuming verse into the light.

1736 C. Cibber in A. Hill tr. Voltaire Zara Prol. sig. A8 Amidst a thousand Faults, her best Pretence To please—is unpresuming Innocence.

1770 M. Akenside Pleasures Imag. iv. 16 An unpresuming guest.

1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France I. 28 Unpresuming in argument, and..as well bred as those who have no other pretension.

1830 W. L. Bowles Life Bp. Ken I. p. xviii The descendant of the great though unpresuming Locke.

1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1868) i. 7 The title Son of Man is the most unpresuming, the least glorious of the titles of Messiah.

1980 Times 13 Nov. 11/2 No one writes for the orchestra these days with greater finesse than Berio, and this unpresuming score abounds in fresh combinations.

2011 P. Shaw Storm King 160 Little, quiet, unpresuming Landy, who had never garnered anyone's attention, was sitting behind me.

Derivatives

unpreˈsumingness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun]

simplesse1340

methec1390

simplenessc1400

demurity1483

demureness?1518

modestness1546

modesty1553

unaspiringness1681

unpretendingness1701

unassumingness1768

unostentatiousness1807

unpresumingness1837

unpretentiousness1855

unassertiveness1934

1837 T. De Quincey in Tait's Mag. Mar. 170/1 Two sound qualities are at the root of these unpleasant phenomena—modesty or unpresumingness in the first place.

1985 M. Cowling Relig. & Public Doctr. in Mod. Eng. II. ii. 38 A Protestant simplicity, integrity and unpresumingness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unpresuming
释义	unpresumingadj. Brit. /ˌʌnprᵻˈzjuːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈz(j)umɪŋ/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and presuming adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, presuming adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + presuming adj. That does not presume; modest, unassuming. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] simplec1300 measurablec1330 methec1390 murec1390 smallc1405 soleinc1450 timorous1474 modest1561 unbragging1570 unboldened1591 unpresuming1607 bragless1609 unambitious1621 boastless1632 unpompous1656 verecundous1656 sober1659 tender-foreheaded1659 unpragmatical1673 unpretending1681 unpresumptuous1704 unimportant1727 unaspiringa1729 inambitious1729 unassuming1730 unostentatiousa1739 unboastful1744 pretensionless1748 unarrogating1748 uncontending1748 unopinionated1775 unboasting1802 underbearing1802 mousy1812 un-ultra1817 unarrogant1831 low-flying1835 unconceited1838 unpretentious1838 uninflated1861 unvain1863 unbumptious1865 1607 S. Daniel Musophilus (new ed.) Ep. sig. A6, in Certaine Small Workes Your most worthy and iudicious Knight Did first draw forth from close obscuritie My vnpresuming verse into the light. 1736 C. Cibber in A. Hill tr. Voltaire Zara Prol. sig. A8 Amidst a thousand Faults, her best Pretence To please—is unpresuming Innocence. 1770 M. Akenside Pleasures Imag. iv. 16 An unpresuming guest. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France I. 28 Unpresuming in argument, and..as well bred as those who have no other pretension. 1830 W. L. Bowles Life Bp. Ken I. p. xviii The descendant of the great though unpresuming Locke. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1868) i. 7 The title Son of Man is the most unpresuming, the least glorious of the titles of Messiah. 1980 Times 13 Nov. 11/2 No one writes for the orchestra these days with greater finesse than Berio, and this unpresuming score abounds in fresh combinations. 2011 P. Shaw Storm King 160 Little, quiet, unpresuming Landy, who had never garnered anyone's attention, was sitting behind me. Derivatives unpreˈsumingness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] simplesse1340 methec1390 simplenessc1400 demurity1483 demureness?1518 modestness1546 modesty1553 unaspiringness1681 unpretendingness1701 unassumingness1768 unostentatiousness1807 unpresumingness1837 unpretentiousness1855 unassertiveness1934 1837 T. De Quincey in Tait's Mag. Mar. 170/1 Two sound qualities are at the root of these unpleasant phenomena—modesty or unpresumingness in the first place. 1985 M. Cowling Relig. & Public Doctr. in Mod. Eng. II. ii. 38 A Protestant simplicity, integrity and unpresumingness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1607
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