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unˈwived, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. MDu. onghewijft wifeless, MHG. ungewîbet maiden; and unwifed a.]
Not having a wife or wives; wifeless.
1570Levins Manip. 51 Vnwyued, inuxoratus, cœlebs. 1611Florio, Smogliato, without a wife, unwiued. 1612Seldon Illustr. Drayton's Poly-olb. viii. 357 A competent number of Virgins might be sent ouer to furnish his vnwiu'd Batchelers. [1775Ash.] 1827Hood Widow 63 He look'd so lone, and so unwiv'd, That soon the Widow Cross contriv'd To fall in love. 1866Lytton Lost Tales Miletus 32 Of his stalwart chiefs [he selected]..all the bravest yet un⁓wived. 1873E. H. Clarke Sex in Educ. 63 The old story of unwived Rome and the Sabines. |