unked
English
Etymology
From un- + an old past participle form of kithe.
Adjective
unked (comparative more unked, superlative most unked)
- (UK, dialect) odd; strange
- (UK, dialect) ugly
- (UK, dialect) old
- (UK, dialect) uncouth
- (UK, dialect) lonely; dreary; unkard
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- Weston is sadly unked without you.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “unked”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)