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unused, ppl. a.|ʌnˈjuːzd|
[un-1 8.]
1. Unaccustomed (esp. to something, or with inf.) (now freq. with pronunc. ʌnˈjuːst before to).
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4367 Vor þer ȝe abbeþ nou vif ȝer of batayle vn-vsed be. c1449Pecock Repr. iv. iii. 431 Suche persoones as ben vnkunnyng and vnvsid in vertues. 1538Elyot, Inceduus, vnvsed to be cutte. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. xxvi, So that, unused to a way of courtesie,..he hastily went away. 1604Shakes. Oth. v. ii. 349 One, whose subdu'd Eyes, Albeit vn-vsed to the melting moode, Drops teares. 1697Dryden æneis x. 815 æneas couch'd his Spear, Un⁓us'd to Threats, and more unus'd to Fear. 1741–2Gray Agrippina 17 A thousand haughty hearts, unus'd to shake When a boy frowns. 1796F. Burney Camilla V. 436 [She was] unused to transact any sort of business for herself. 1827Faraday Chem. Manip. ix. 235 The student who is unused to the examination of papers. 1868Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 411 Her gaoler's torches filled with light The dreary place, blinding her unused eyes. 1870Ibid. III. iv. 362 He..felt the golden circle of the crown..upon his un⁓used head.
transf.1617Campion Third Bk. of Ayres xxviii. 8 Hils [would prove] too high for my vnused pace.
2. Not made use of; unemployed.
1398Trevisa Barth De P.R. vi. xxix. (Bodl. MS.), Yren..rosteþ if it is to longe vnne vsed. c1480Henryson Fables, Fox, Wolf & H. ii, The oxin wes vnwsit, ȝoung and licht. 1546Sc. Acts, Mary (1814) II. 472 Þe said remissioune blank & obligatioune.. one vsit. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. viii. 30 A bounch of keyes.., The which vnused rust did ouergrow. 1604Shakes. Ham. iv. iv. 39 (Q. 2), Sure, he..gaue vs not That capabilitie..To fust in vs vnvsd. 1819Shelley Cenci v. iii. 125 Some dull old thing, Some outworn and unused monotony. 1860Forster Gr. Remonstr. 37 A maxim not unused by even Norman kings. 1887Spectator 22 Oct. 1415 One of the churches..is unused, being considered dangerous.
3. Not in use; unusual; unwonted. Now arch.
1513Douglas æneid vi. i. 33 By a quent vnvsit [L. in⁓suetum] way to knaw, Towart the frosty poil artik he flaw. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 390 Inuentyng flatteryng wordes and vnused termes. 1570T. Norton tr. Nowel's Catech. 32 b, Neither is it vnused among men,..to be suretie..for an other. 1637G. Daniel Genius of Isle 417 My frozen witts,..Enlivened by a Splendor far more great, Have vnus'd Raptures. 1671R. MacWard True Non-conf. 127 Yet I wish you had..forborn the hard and unused expression of an Inward Crown. 1835Browning Paracelsus i. 767 In unused conjuncture, When sickness breaks the body. 1867Morris Jason vi. 497 Strange dainty things they ate, Of unused savour.
Hence unˈusedness.
1593Sidney's Arcadia (1598) v. 466 Comparing the vn⁓usednesse of this act with the vnripenesse of their age. 1865Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys i. (1879) 10 That air of unusedness which a black silk dress..may keep. |