unvoluntaryadj.
? Obsolete.
(un- prefix1 1.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary
unviseda1300
unwilful1398
unwilly1398
unbodena1400
voluntarya1450
non-voluntaryc1454
involuntary1531
unwilling1535
unwilleda1540
unmeant1550
unvoluntary1570
uncalleda1586
uncalleda1610
unintended1649
undesigned1651
mechanic1657
automatic1694
unmeaning1698
inadvertent1724
unbidden1726
unintentional1782
unweeting1794
unwitting1818
undeliberate1874
agnomical1881
the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adjective]
argha1000
slowOE
unwillyc1200
sweera1300
unfain1338
loathc1374
dangerousc1386
eschewc1386
squeamous1387
obstinate?a1439
unpresta1500
ill-willing?1520
evil-willing1525
untowards1525
untowarda1530
unwilling1533
strange1548
ill-willed1549
dainty1553
relucting1553
squeamish?1553
nicea1560
loathful1561
coyish1566
coy1576
unhearty1583
costive1594
unready1595
tarrowinga1598
undisposed1597
involuntary1598
backward1600
retrograde1602
unpregnant1604
scrupulous1608
unprone1611
refractory1614
behindhanda1616
nilling1620
backwards1627
shya1628
retractable1632
reluctant1638
loughta1641
tendera1641
unapt1640
uninclinable1640
unbeteaming1642
boggling1645
averse1646
indisposed1646
aversant1657
incomposed1660
disinclined1703
unobliging1707
unconsenting1713
uninclined1729
tenacious1766
disinclinable1769
ill-disposed1771
unaffectioned1788
scruplesomec1800
back-handed1817
sweert1817
tharf1828
backward in coming forward1830
unvoluntary1834
misinclined1837
squeamy1838
balky1847
retractive1869
grudging1874
tharfish1876
unwishful1876
safety first1917
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Iiiv/1 Vnvoluntarie, inuitus.
1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 66 An vnuoluntary motion in the part which vsually did moue of its owne accord.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 30 They are not acts that are imperate by the Will, but they are in a manner natural and unvoluntary.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 21 'Tis unvoluntary to be sure, if he spill of the one, or the other.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Diabetes,..an unvoluntary Discharge of Urine.
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 10/1 The un~voluntary listener to his grey-haired father's earnest prayers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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