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unˈkissed, ppl. a.
Also 4–7 unkist, etc.
[un-1 8. Cf. Du. ongekust, Sw. okysst.]
Not kissed; without being kissed.
1390Gower Conf. II. 92 Ofte he goth to bedde unkist. a1400Hymns Virg. (1867) 80 We schulen go vnkist boþe at þe dore & at þe gate. a1542Wyatt ‘What should I say?’ 28 And thus betraide, Or that I wiste Farewell, unkiste! a1592Greene Jas. IV, i. ii, I cannot abide a full cup unkissed. 1852Whittier April 11 Round the boles of the pine-wood the ground-laurel creeps, Unkissed of the sun⁓shine. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 53 She sighed as those sweet sounds did fall From her unkissed lips.
†b. In the phrase unknown (unknowe or uncouth), unkissed. Obs.
1374Chaucer Troylus i. 809 Vnknowe vnkyst and lost þat is vn-sought. 1401Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 59 On old Englis it is said, unkissid is unknowun. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 148 Unknowen vnkist, and beyng knowen I weene, Thou art neuer kist, where thou mayst be seene. 1579E. K. Ded. to Spenser's Sheph. Cal. §1 Our new Poete, who for that he is vncouthe (as said Chaucer) is vnkist, and vnknown to most men, is regarded but of few. c1592Nashe Mar-Martine xxii, Thou caytif kerne, vncouth thou art, vnkist thou eke sal bee. 1624Bp. R. Montagu Immed. Addr. 119, I would gladly see and know, by what warrant I on Earth so vncouth and therefore vnkist,..can say unto them, Holy Peter, blessed Paul, pray for mee. a1697Aubrey Lives (1898) II. 254 He..ransackt the MSS. of the church of Hereford (there were a great many that lay uncouth and unkiss). [1897V. Hunt (title), Unkist, Unkind!] |