单词 | unwalkative |
释义 | † unwalkativeadj. Obsolete. rare. Not walking; not able to walk.In quot. 1668 in the context of a discussion of words formed with suffixes such as -ative and -able, and the effect on the meanings of such words when they are compounded with negative prefixes such as un-.In quot. 1877 in figurative context, referring to the coinage of the word unwalkative in quot. 1668. ΚΠ 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. iii. vii. 341 A person insolutive,..is a Bankrupt; Unwalkative, is a Cripple. 1877 F. Hall On Eng. Adjectives in -Able 163 Bishop Wilkins's unwalkative cripple not undeservedly stands smitten with chronic paralysis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1668 |
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