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unˈwished, ppl. a.
[un-1 8, 8 c.]
1. a. Not wished, desired, or asked for; undesired.
1583Babington Commandm. To Gentl. of Glam., What proofe this latter hath, and what vnwished matter to furnish out a larger complaint, I spare to speake. 1621Quarles Div. Poems, Esther i, In lavish Cups..Came wine unwisht. 1626W. Bosworth Arcadus & Sepha ii. 790 Those griefs..never ceas'd to move A desp'rate end, for that unwisht mischance Still gnawing on my soul. 1725Pope Odyss. iv. 113 Heaping unwish'd wealth, I distant roam. 1730Thomson Winter 53 Nor is the night unwish'd; while vital heat,..and joy, the dubious day forsake. 1757Akenside Pleas. Imag. ii. 401 Not poison, nor sharp fire,..Were at that season an unwished exchange. 1855Poultry Chron. III. 338/2 The greatest gain will often, unsought and unwished, attend the first-class.
b. Unwanted, unwelcome, unpleasing.
a1586Sidney Arcadia i. xiv, Her unwished presence gave my tale a conclusion, before it had a beginning. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. i. i. 81 His Lordship, whose vnwished yoake, My soule consents not to giue soueraignty. 1697Congreve Mourn. Bride iii. viii, You seem much surprised At..[a] return so..unexpected!.. And so unwish'd, un⁓wanted too, it seems.
2. unwished-for, = prec.
1617Minsheu s.v., Un-wished for. 1632Lithgow Trav. ii. 71 Humide vapours..accompany the unwished-for-bed of my repose. 1708J. Philips Cyder ii. 155 When..unwish't for Rain Descended. 1807E. S. Barrett Rising Sun III. 169 Why..do you thus force your unasked—your unwished-for counsels upon me? 1918Glasgow Herald 21 July 4/2 An echo—modified..by reinforcements of sound at one point or an unwished for diminuendo at another. 1959‘O. Mills’ Stairway to Murder v. 49 Her collection of unwished-for guests. |