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▪ I. unˈwelcome, n.
[un-1 12.]
1. Unwelcomeness.
1603Florio Montaigne iii. iii. 495 Gentlye to beare..the importunitie of yeares, the vnwellcome of wrinckles, and such like minde-troubling accidents. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 33 Since I must quarter the forces of two Garrisons, it will be prudence to dissemble the unwelcome of the one, and silently to welcome the other.
2. Lack of welcome; a cold reception. rare.
1912D. H. Lawrence Trespasser i. 2 A stranger..was assured of his unwelcome.
▪ II. unˈwelcome, a.
[un-1 7. Cf. med.Du. onwillecome (Du. onwelkom), G. unwillkommen, Da. uvel-, Sw. ovälkommen.]
Not welcome or acceptable; unpleasing.
Rare before c 1590. In freq. use from c 1665.
c1325in Pol. Songs (Camden) 330 His meyne is unwelcome, comen hii erliche or late. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 49 If vn⁓welcum he were to a worþlych prynce. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. xvi, Unwelcome curtesie is a degree of injury. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. ii. iv. 81, I thinke 'tis no vn-welcome newes to you. 1624Fletcher Wife for Moneth ii. i, Death is unwelcome never, Unless it be to tortur'd minds..That make their own Hells. 1661Boyle Style of Script. To Rdr. A 7 b, There can as little be an unwelcomer as an unjuster Complement plac'd upon me, than [etc.]. 1670R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 469 Your Lordship's letter..was much unwelcomer to me than any I yet received from you. 1728Eliza Heywood tr. Mme. de Gomez's Belle A. (1732) II. 174 The Importunities of his unwelcome Tenderness. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 153 ⁋1 He that has an unwelcome message to deliver. 1817Scott Harold iii. vii, He whose daring lay Hath dared unwelcome truths to say. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg. i. H. Harris (1905) 126 The unwelcome news of his grandson's dangerous state. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 171 A name of ridicule..unwelcome to their ears.
▪ III. unˈwelcome, v.
[un-1 14.]
trans. To receive uncordially.
1890Atlantic April 550/2 [The] half-concealed ridicule with which the poor old fellow's sallies are liable to be welcomed—or unwelcomed. |