† unwarnishedadj.
Obsolete.
1. Unprepared; unfurnished.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective]
ungraitha1350
undisposedc1380
unreadya1400
dispurveyed14..
unpurveyedc1410
unrayedc1425
unwarnishedc1425
unprovided?a1439
unprepared1528
unprovided for1542
improvided1548
unfurnished1549
unpreparate1575
ungirt1579
disappointed1604
imprompt1760
unaneled1760
unapt1849
flat-footed1912
the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > equipped or fitted out > not
barec1200
unweaponedc1200
ungraithedc1290
unwarnishedc1425
unfurnished1549
ungeared1568
unappointed1579
unarmed1693
unfitted1708
unequipped1895
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ii. xvi. 1532 Vnwarnyst wer þai and vnarrayit.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. cxxxii. 127 Iudas also was not vnwarnished of hem [sc. tools] whan he slowh the kyng jhesu.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. lix. 204 My fader, þat was put on þe cros, was not vnwar [ni] shed [Fr. desgarny] of swich a brest al were it nouht neede to shewe it.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. i. 46 Gif ye vnwarnist beis callit to the fycht.
2. Unwarned.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > not forewarned
diswarec1430
unadvertised1450
unwarnishedc1475
unforewarned1651
unawared1652
unprecautioned1694
c1475 Cath. Angl. 403/1 (A.) Vnwernyschit, ex inspirato, ex inprouiso.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 221 Wnwarneist als tha war of ony wicht.
Derivatives
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb] > without warning
on, in, or at unwarec1070
unwarec1100
unwaresa1122
uniwaresa1200
unwarelyc1200
on uniware1297
unwarneda1325
unadvised1390
unbewares1483
unbeware1489
unwarnishedly1513
unawarnistly1533
unadvisedlyc1535
unawares1535
at unwaresa1547
unwarnedly1563
at unawares1564
unwarily1569
at unaware1598
unaware1667
of all things1778
out of a clear (blue) sky1875
out of the blue1879
unawaredly1895
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ix. 64 The landwart folkis..flokkis furth richt fast wnvarnystly.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vi. 87.
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