unbegunadj.

Forms: Old English unbegunnen, Middle English unnbigunnenn, Middle English unbegunne (1600s vn-), 1500s vnbegon(ne, vnbegun, 1600s– unbegun.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Dutch onbegonnen, Old High German unbegunnen.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unbeˈgun.

1. That had no beginning; ever existent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective]

unbegunc1000

uncircumscriptc1374

endless138.

finitea1400

measurelessc1400

infinite1413

ginningless?1440

immensec1450

unlimitedc1475

infinal?1504

interminate1533

termlessa1542

brinkless1567

without limit1572

uncompassed1577

limitlessa1586

beginningless1587

untermedc1595

boundless1599

illimitate1602

illimited1602

unbeginning1605

incomprehense1606

inconjectable1609

uncircumscribed1610

borderless1611

confinelessa1616

finelessa1616

unconfined1629

uninchoative1649

indefinite1664

incircumscript1677

imprincipiate1683

ensophic1693

interminateda1734

unhorizoned1811

unencompasseda1822

unterminated1853

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints i. 16 An ælmihtig god æfre unbegunnen and ungeændod.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18574 Forr eȝȝþerr iss wiþþ utenn ord & æfre all unnbigunnenn.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 275 The myhti god, which unbegunne Stant of himself.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xii. xvii. 458 Hee needed none of these creatures,..hauing continued..blessed without them, from all vn-begunne eternity.

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 198 We were nothing from an unbegun Eternity.

1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. ii. 79 That unbegun, unending, self-existent Life; that boundless Intelligence,..what is He, our God, to us?

2. Not yet begun; not commenced.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > (just) begun > not begun

unbegun1562

unstarted1898

1562 W. Wightman in T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos Ep. Ded. 1 He..promised to vse all hys possible diligence for the finishing of the other three bookes then vtterly vnbegonne.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 67 The other part of the head beyng hidden, the bodie and the rest of the members vnbegon.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lvi. 122 A worke vnbegun is in the artificer which afterward bringeth it vnto effect.

1706 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ ii. 225 Nations unborn, and Ages unbegun.

1738 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 485/2 Therefore, tho' more than half my days are done, My days of life are un-begun.

1812 Monthly Mag. 34 14 We prevent what is unbegun, we hinder what is unfinished.

1868 A. D. Whitney Patience Strong's Outings xvi The smoothness of that which is unbegun.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	unbegun
释义	unbegunadj. Forms: Old English unbegunnen, Middle English unnbigunnenn, Middle English unbegunne (1600s vn-), 1500s vnbegon(ne, vnbegun, 1600s– unbegun. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Dutch onbegonnen, Old High German unbegunnen.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unbeˈgun. 1. That had no beginning; ever existent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] unbegunc1000 uncircumscriptc1374 endless138. finitea1400 measurelessc1400 infinite1413 ginningless?1440 immensec1450 unlimitedc1475 infinal?1504 interminate1533 termlessa1542 brinkless1567 without limit1572 uncompassed1577 limitlessa1586 beginningless1587 untermedc1595 boundless1599 illimitate1602 illimited1602 unbeginning1605 incomprehense1606 inconjectable1609 uncircumscribed1610 borderless1611 confinelessa1616 finelessa1616 unconfined1629 uninchoative1649 indefinite1664 incircumscript1677 imprincipiate1683 ensophic1693 interminateda1734 unhorizoned1811 unencompasseda1822 unterminated1853 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints i. 16 An ælmihtig god æfre unbegunnen and ungeændod. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18574 Forr eȝȝþerr iss wiþþ utenn ord & æfre all unnbigunnenn. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 275 The myhti god, which unbegunne Stant of himself. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xii. xvii. 458 Hee needed none of these creatures,..hauing continued..blessed without them, from all vn-begunne eternity. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 198 We were nothing from an unbegun Eternity. 1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. ii. 79 That unbegun, unending, self-existent Life; that boundless Intelligence,..what is He, our God, to us? 2. Not yet begun; not commenced. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > (just) begun > not begun unbegun1562 unstarted1898 1562 W. Wightman in T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos Ep. Ded. 1 He..promised to vse all hys possible diligence for the finishing of the other three bookes then vtterly vnbegonne. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 67 The other part of the head beyng hidden, the bodie and the rest of the members vnbegon. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lvi. 122 A worke vnbegun is in the artificer which afterward bringeth it vnto effect. 1706 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ ii. 225 Nations unborn, and Ages unbegun. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 485/2 Therefore, tho' more than half my days are done, My days of life are un-begun. 1812 Monthly Mag. 34 14 We prevent what is unbegun, we hinder what is unfinished. 1868 A. D. Whitney Patience Strong's Outings xvi The smoothness of that which is unbegun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1000
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