unked

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English unked, past participle of unkythen, equivalent to un- +‎ ked (an old past participle form of kithe).

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Adjective

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unked (comparative more unked, superlative most unked)

  1. (UK, dialect, archaic) odd; strange
  2. (UK, dialect, archaic) ugly
    • 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone, Chapter 17:
      And there the little stalk of each, which might have been a pear, God willing, had a ring around its base, and sought a chance to drop and die. The others which had not opened comb, but only prepared to do it, were a little better off, but still very brown and unked, and shrivelling in doubt of health, and neither peart nor lusty.
  3. (UK, dialect, archaic) uncouth
  4. (UK, dialect, archaic) lonely; dreary
    • March 21, 1790, William Cowper, letter to Mrs. Throckmorton
      Weston is sadly unked without you.
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