unborrowingadj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, borrowing adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + borrowing adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈborrowing.
1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Introd. p. cxxxiv In this unborrowing sameness, he artfully interweaves the history of Portugal.
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