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unˈmeek, a.
[un-1 7. Cf. ON. úmjúk-r.]
1. Not meek or gentle; † unkind, harsh, cruel.
c1200Ormin 9880 Hæþenndom..Iss harrd & starrc all allse stan, Unnmeoc & all unnmilde. a1300Cursor M. 14616 Wit þaa vn-meke þar was he mett, And son wit þam he was vmsett. a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 590 And she to me was nought vnmeke, Ne of hir answer daungerous. c1374― Boeth. iv. met. vii. (1886) 115 He..as it is sayd hath put an vnmeke lord [as] foddre to his crwel hors. c1449Pecock Repr. i. xvii. 96 The ȝifte which he wol ȝeue into the resoun or vndirstonding of vnmeke men. 1483Cath. Angl. 233/1 Vn Meke, vbi felle. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys 8 Do nat Poetis revyle..all suche as ar vnmeke, Prowde, Couetous? 1595W. I. Two Disc. F. Guicciardin A j b, Old fooles, yong maids,..Daunsing their roundes with Sathans dam vnmeeke. a1653Binning Serm. (1845) 527 An unmeek spirit..troubles itself and annoys others. 1819Keats Ode Indolence iii, The last, whom I love more, the more of blame Is heap'd upon her, maiden most unmeek.
†2. Unsupple, stiff. Obs.—1
a1275Prov. ælfred 538 Elde..makit him wel vnmeke, & binimit him is miȝte. |