un·laid \“+\adjective Etymology: Middle English unleyd, from un- (I) + leyd, leyed, past participle of leyen to lay — more at lay 1.: not laid or placed : not fixed < his supper still unlaid — Israel Zangwill > 2.: not allayed : not pacified : not laid finally to rest < stubborn, unlaid ghost — John Milton > 3.: not laid out — used especially of a corpse 4.of a rope: not twisted