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unˈrestful, a.
[un-1 7. App. not in use between 16th and 19th century: cf. restful a.]
1. Restless, stirring, unquiet. (Freq. c 1875–.)
1382Wyclif Baruch iv. 15 A folc vnsaciable, or vnrestful, and of an other tunge. c1400Apol. Loll. 104 Þei are..vn⁓schamful to axe,..vnrestful tul þei tak, vnkynd wan þei han tane. a1420Wycliffite Bible Prov. vii. 13 marg., With wowing cheer; that is, vnresteful, and with out schame. c1475Cath. Angl. (A.) 305/1 Vn Restfulle, inquietus. 1533More Debell. Salem Wks. 961/2 That good peacible folke..should not for suche inquiete & vnrestfull wretches without some ruffle liue in peace long. 1553Primer in Lit. & Doc. Edw. VI (1844) 474 We are..besieged of cruel and unrestful enemies. 1565Abp. Parker Corr. (Parker Soc.) 237 The talk..is much increased, and unrestful they be, and I alone they say am in fault. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. v. ix, So wags..this unrestful World, day after day. 1891Spectator 7 Mar. 340/1 This unrestful and fussy energy.
†2. Disturbed, troubled. Obs.
a1395Hylton Scala Perf. ii. xxvii. (W. de W. 1494), It bereth downe the thoughte: and makyth it vnrestfull. 1435Misyn Fire of Love ii. vi. 82 Lorde, þou art my takar, þat malicius prikkyngis of my fraward enmys me make not vnrestfull.
3. Marked by absence of rest or quiet.
14..Rule Syon Monast. liii. in Collect. Topogr. (1834) I. 31 Suche as gretly rowte or make any unrestful noyse in ther sleppe..schal be purveyd a nother place, wher they may slepe withoute unrestyng of other. c1445Pecock Donet 94 Þouȝ al þis lijf be..laboriose, vnrestful. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 242 The bedde of a persone beeyng in greate debte is an unrestefull thyng. 1548Bodrugan Epit. King's Title (1873) 254 What properties procedeth of warre, but outragious costes,..consumyng anger, vnrestfull quietness. 1600Look About You i. A 2, If drousie age keepe not thy stiffened ioyntes On thy vnrestfull bed. 1884Pall Mall G. 9 Dec. 11/2 There is on every face a craving, unrestful expression.
Hence unˈrestfully adv.
1483Cath. Angl. 305/1 Vn Restfully, jnquiete, jnoportune. |