单词 | unwit |
释义 | † unwitn. Obsolete. 1. Lack of wit or practical knowledge; ignorance; stupidity, folly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] unwisdomc825 unredeeOE egedec1175 unwitc1175 unwisdomnessa1200 dusileca1225 dusischipa1225 folly?c1225 kangschipe?c1225 unwitshipa1250 unwisenessa1340 cornardy1340 unwithead1340 lewdness1362 nicetyc1380 sotie1390 folitya1400 follinessa1400 foolheada1400 insipiencec1422 fondnessa1425 wanwita1425 cocardyc1430 foltry1440 jopperyc1440 folliheada1450 fonning?a1475 niceheada1475 foltheadc1475 folabilitya1529 daftness1552 foolageness1563 foppery1592 guckry1596 senselessness1606 coxcombry1608 goosery1642 ineptitude1656 fopicalness1660 fopperishness1683 insagacity1808 spoonery1824 spooniness1824 noodleism1830 addle-headedness1835 foolishment1852 insapiency1876 ineptness1877 goosiness1888 inepticality1923 sappiness1943 gormlessness1958 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] unwitc1175 uncunningnessa1325 uncunninghead1340 uncunningshipa1400 rawness1548 unskill1565 disacquaintance1589 inexperience1595 inacquaintance1597 unacquaintance1598 unaccustomedness1611 unacquaintednessa1617 illiteracy1660 greenness1740 griffinishness1850 unfamiliarity1880 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6003 Ȝiff he nohht ne follȝheþþ witt. Acc unnwitt all wiþþ wille. Inn all þatt iss onnȝæn drihhtin. a1225 Juliana 22 Hwi destu us ba so wa, þurh þi muchele unwit? 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 82 Ȝef wyt of þe wordle ne is bot folye ase zayþ þe wrytinge, and childhede, and onwyt. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 374 God mai not faile on his side for noun-power or unwitt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13936 Yee wat quat i am, and mi kin, O yur vn-witt quine wald yee blin? c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (Bodl. 770) v. xiv. 99/1 It is verey vnwytte to any erthly creature..to trowen [etc.]. 1468 Chron. Eng. in Hearne R. Glouc. (1724) 482/1 His hondes..shewethe sumwhat vnwyt and necclygence, for he vtterliche leueth the kepyng of hem. 2. An imprudent or foolish act. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of unwitc1175 foliota1250 follyc1300 unwisdom1303 foolishness?1506 fooling?1545 foppery1546 foolery1562 filly-folly1565 impertinency1588 impertinence1603 silliness1624 idiotism1647 noddary1647 fondness1653 ineptitude1656 sottise1673 insipidity1822 bêtise1827 foolishment1871 jackassery1873 funny business1882 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8045 Þatt ifell gast maȝȝ oferr þa Þatt follȝhenn barrness þæwess. Inn illc unnwitt. inn illc unnitt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13657 Þou caitif for-lorn In sin was..born, Queþer þou wenis vs nu here O þine vn-wittes for to lere. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] unwisdomc825 unredeeOE egedec1175 unwitc1175 unwisdomnessa1200 dusileca1225 dusischipa1225 folly?c1225 kangschipe?c1225 unwitshipa1250 unwisenessa1340 cornardy1340 unwithead1340 lewdness1362 nicetyc1380 sotie1390 folitya1400 follinessa1400 foolheada1400 insipiencec1422 fondnessa1425 wanwita1425 cocardyc1430 foltry1440 jopperyc1440 folliheada1450 fonning?a1475 niceheada1475 foltheadc1475 folabilitya1529 daftness1552 foolageness1563 foppery1592 guckry1596 senselessness1606 coxcombry1608 goosery1642 ineptitude1656 fopicalness1660 fopperishness1683 insagacity1808 spoonery1824 spooniness1824 noodleism1830 addle-headedness1835 foolishment1852 insapiency1876 ineptness1877 goosiness1888 inepticality1923 sappiness1943 gormlessness1958 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 19 Zuych folie is wel y-cleped onwythede. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † unwitv.1 Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To know not; to be ignorant of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > be ignorant [verb (intransitive)] unwitc1374 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) v. pr. vi. 175 Whan þat god knoweþ any þinge to be, he ne vnwoot nat [L. non nesciat] þat þilke þinge wanteþ necessite to be. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. i. 8 We wolen not ȝou for to vnwite of oure tribulacioun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † unwitv.2 Obsolete. transitive. To deprive of wit or wits. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > drive mad [verb (transitive)] turn1372 mada1425 overthrow?a1425 to go (also fall, run) mada1450 deferc1480 craze1503 to face (a person) out ofc1530 dement1545 distemper1581 shake1594 distract1600 to go (also run, set) a-madding (or on madding)1600 unwita1616 insaniate?1623 embedlama1628 dementate1628 crack1631 unreason1643 bemad1655 ecstasya1657 overset1695 madden1720 maddle1775 insanify1809 derange1825 bemoon1866 send (someone) up the wall1951 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 175 And then..As if some plannet had vnwitted men, Swords out..In opposition bloody. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1175v.1c1374v.2a1616 |
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