unwashed

English

Etymology

From Middle English unwasched, unwasschyd, unwessched, a weak verb conjugation of earlier Middle English unwaschen (“unwashen”), equivalent to un- +‎ washed.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒʃt

Adjective

unwashed (not comparable)

1. Not having been washed.
2. Vulgar, plebeian, lowbrow. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• unwashen (obsolete)

Derived terms

• great unwashed
• unwashed masses
• unwashedness

Translations

not washed

• Danish: uvasket
• Greek: άνιφτος (el) (ániftos)

  Ancient: ἄνιπτος (ániptos), ἄπλυτος (áplutos)

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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uvasket

  Nynorsk: uvaska