unwelladj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɛl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈwɛl/

Forms: Also Middle English northern vnwele; Scottish1600s unweal, 1800s unweel, onweel.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare North Frisian (Sylt) unwel, West Flemish onwel, German unwohl.

a. Not well or in good health; somewhat ill; indisposed. Before 1780 almost always northern English, Scottish, Anglo-Irish, or U.S. Not in Johnson (editions 1–4). In very frequent use from c1785:

1825 C. Wordsworth in J. H. Overton & E. Worthsworth Life (1888) 36 Crabbe..told us that Lord Chesterfield was the first person who introduced the word ‘unwell’ into common use, and..it was forthwith admitted into the vocabulary of fashion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased

untrumc825

sickc888

unwholec888

slackc897

unstronga900

sicklea1000

sam-halea1023

worseOE

attaint1303

languishinga1325

heallessc1374

sicklyc1374

sicklewa1387

bada1393

mishalea1400

languoring?c1425

distempered1440

unwell?c1450

detent?a1475

poora1475

languorousc1475

maladif1481

illa1500

maladiousc1500

wanthriven1508

attainted1509

unsound1513

acrazed1521

cracked1527

unsoundya1529

visited1537

infirmed1552

crazed1555

healthless1568

ill-liking1572

afflicted1574

crazy1576

unhealthful1580

sickish1581

valetudinary1581

not well1587

fainty1590

ill-disposed1596

unhealthsome1598

tainted1600

ill-affected1604

peaking1611

unhealthy1611

infirmited1616

disaffected1626

physical1633

illish1637

pimping1640

invalid1642

misaffected1645

valetudinarious1648

unhale1653

badly1654

unwholesome1655

valetudinous1655

morbulent1656

off the hooksa1658

mawkish1668

morbid1668

unthriven1680

unsane1690

ailing1716

not wellish1737

underlya1742

poorly1750

indifferent1753

comical1755

maladized1790

sober1808

sickened1815

broken-down1816

peaky1821

poorlyish1827

souffrante1827

run-down1831

sicklied1835

addle1844

shaky1844

mean1845

dauncy1846

stricken1846

peakyish1853

po'ly1860

pindling1861

rough1882

rocky1883

suffering1885

wabbit1895

icky-boo1920

like death warmed up1924

icky1938

ropy1945

crappy1956

hanging1971

sick as a parrot1982

shite1987

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3649 A man was seke and vnwele.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. vi. 30 Gargamelle began to be a little unwell in her lower parts.

1666 J. Carstaires Let. Aug. 30 in J. Carstaires Lett. (1846) 161 My sister still contanues sic unwell. The doctour thinks she is in great hazard.

1737 G. Berkeley Let. in Wks. (1871) IV. 248 My three children have been ill... George is still unwell.

1750 C. Gist Jrnls. (1893) 34 I was unwell and stayed in this Town to recover myself.

1755 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2162 I am what you call in Ireland, and a very good expression I think it is, unwell.

1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances I. cxliv. 283 I hope that it is only your Spleen, which makes you fancy yourself unwell.

1768 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 17 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2865 I am neither well nor ill, but unwell.

1788 A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 117 I have been so unwell with a violent cough.

1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 28 July (1939) 207 I am well-nigh choked with the sulphurous heat of the weather—or I am unwell.

1856 J. Richardson Recoll. I. 61 Morris..suddenly retired as if taken unwell!

1882 Ld. Tennyson Promise of May iii. i Mr. Steer still continues too unwell to attend to you.

b. euphemistic. Having menstrual discharges.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > discharge of menses > [adjective]

menstruatec1384

menstruousc1425

menstruant1646

unwell1844

menstruating1872

1844 R. Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 4) Unwell (Being), menstruation.

1934 ‘J. Rhys’ Voy. in Dark i. vi. 78 When I was unwell for the first time it was she who explained to me, so that it seemed quite all right.

1964 E. Bowen Little Girls ii. iii. 96 Miss Kinmate, herself unwell today, had not the slightest intention of going in.

Derivatives

unˈwellness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun]

unhealc700

untrumnessc897

adleeOE

sicknessc967

cothec1000

unhealthc1000

woe?a1200

ail?c1225

lying?c1225

maladyc1275

unsoundc1275

feebless1297

languora1375

languishc1384

disease1393

aegritudea1400

lamea1400

maleasea1400

soughta1400

wilc1400

malefaction?a1425

firmityc1426

unwholesomenessc1449

ill1450

languenta1500

distemperancea1535

the valley of the shadow of death1535

affect?1537

affection?1541

distemperature1541

inability1547

sickliness1565

languishment1576

cause1578

unhealthfulness1589

crazedness1593

languorment1593

evilness1599

strickenness1599

craziness1602

distemper1604

unsoundness1605

invaletude1623

unhealthiness1634

achaque1647

unwellness1653

disailment1657

insalubrity1668

faintiness1683

queerness1687

invalidity1690

illness1692

ill health1698

ailment1708

illing1719

invalescence1724

peakingness1727

sickishness1727

valetudinariness1742

ailingness1776

brash1786

invalidism1794

poorliness1814

diseasement1826

invalidship1830

valetudinarianism1839

ailing1862

invalidhood1863

megrims1870

pourriture1890

immersement1903

bug1918

condition1920

1653 D. Osborne Lett. to Sir W. Temple (1888) 140 You..never send me any of the new phrases of the town... Pray what is meant by wellness and unwellness?

1755 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2162 This unwellness affects the mind as well as the body, and gives them both a disagreeable inertness.

1865 W. M. Punshon in F. W. Macdonald Life W. M. Punshon (1887) 250 This chronic ‘unwellness’ is difficult to understand.

1876 Darwin in Life (1887) I. 69 Owing to frequently recurring unwellness, and to one long and serious illness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unwell
释义	unwelladj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɛl/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɛl/ Forms: Also Middle English northern vnwele; Scottish1600s unweal, 1800s unweel, onweel. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare North Frisian (Sylt) unwel, West Flemish onwel, German unwohl. a. Not well or in good health; somewhat ill; indisposed. Before 1780 almost always northern English, Scottish, Anglo-Irish, or U.S. Not in Johnson (editions 1–4). In very frequent use from c1785: 1825 C. Wordsworth in J. H. Overton & E. Worthsworth Life (1888) 36 Crabbe..told us that Lord Chesterfield was the first person who introduced the word ‘unwell’ into common use, and..it was forthwith admitted into the vocabulary of fashion. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3649 A man was seke and vnwele. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. vi. 30 Gargamelle began to be a little unwell in her lower parts. 1666 J. Carstaires Let. Aug. 30 in J. Carstaires Lett. (1846) 161 My sister still contanues sic unwell. The doctour thinks she is in great hazard. 1737 G. Berkeley Let. in Wks. (1871) IV. 248 My three children have been ill... George is still unwell. 1750 C. Gist Jrnls. (1893) 34 I was unwell and stayed in this Town to recover myself. 1755 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2162 I am what you call in Ireland, and a very good expression I think it is, unwell. 1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances I. cxliv. 283 I hope that it is only your Spleen, which makes you fancy yourself unwell. 1768 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 17 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2865 I am neither well nor ill, but unwell. 1788 A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 117 I have been so unwell with a violent cough. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 28 July (1939) 207 I am well-nigh choked with the sulphurous heat of the weather—or I am unwell. 1856 J. Richardson Recoll. I. 61 Morris..suddenly retired as if taken unwell! 1882 Ld. Tennyson Promise of May iii. i Mr. Steer still continues too unwell to attend to you. b. euphemistic. Having menstrual discharges. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > discharge of menses > [adjective] menstruatec1384 menstruousc1425 menstruant1646 unwell1844 menstruating1872 1844 R. Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 4) Unwell (Being), menstruation. 1934 ‘J. Rhys’ Voy. in Dark i. vi. 78 When I was unwell for the first time it was she who explained to me, so that it seemed quite all right. 1964 E. Bowen Little Girls ii. iii. 96 Miss Kinmate, herself unwell today, had not the slightest intention of going in. Derivatives unˈwellness n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] unhealc700 untrumnessc897 adleeOE sicknessc967 cothec1000 unhealthc1000 woe?a1200 ail?c1225 lying?c1225 maladyc1275 unsoundc1275 feebless1297 languora1375 languishc1384 disease1393 aegritudea1400 lamea1400 maleasea1400 soughta1400 wilc1400 malefaction?a1425 firmityc1426 unwholesomenessc1449 ill1450 languenta1500 distemperancea1535 the valley of the shadow of death1535 affect?1537 affection?1541 distemperature1541 inability1547 sickliness1565 languishment1576 cause1578 unhealthfulness1589 crazedness1593 languorment1593 evilness1599 strickenness1599 craziness1602 distemper1604 unsoundness1605 invaletude1623 unhealthiness1634 achaque1647 unwellness1653 disailment1657 insalubrity1668 faintiness1683 queerness1687 invalidity1690 illness1692 ill health1698 ailment1708 illing1719 invalescence1724 peakingness1727 sickishness1727 valetudinariness1742 ailingness1776 brash1786 invalidism1794 poorliness1814 diseasement1826 invalidship1830 valetudinarianism1839 ailing1862 invalidhood1863 megrims1870 pourriture1890 immersement1903 bug1918 condition1920 1653 D. Osborne Lett. to Sir W. Temple (1888) 140 You..never send me any of the new phrases of the town... Pray what is meant by wellness and unwellness? 1755 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2162 This unwellness affects the mind as well as the body, and gives them both a disagreeable inertness. 1865 W. M. Punshon in F. W. Macdonald Life W. M. Punshon (1887) 250 This chronic ‘unwellness’ is difficult to understand. 1876 Darwin in Life (1887) I. 69 Owing to frequently recurring unwellness, and to one long and serious illness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?c1450
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