unbowsomeadj.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. = unbuxom adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant
unbuxoma1250
unbowsomec1290
sturdy13..
wildc1350
stubbornc1386
unbaina1400
stoutc1410
kimeta1450
staffish?a1513
untractable1538
intractable1545
sullen1577
restiff1578
indocile1603
resty1603
hot-mouthed1609
immorigerous1623
intractive1623
uncompliable1626
restivea1628
non-complying1649
uncompliant1659
incompliant1706
unobliging1707
recalcitrant1797
unbiddable1825
stocky1836
recalcitrary1861
calcitrant1866
non-cooperative1867
recalcitrating1870
ropeable1870
non-cooperating1895
bolshie1918
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 266/185 Ake þat ich onbouȝsum ne beo i-seie..I-chulle bidde for þe, mi leoue fader.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 21 Þou hest y-by onboȝsam to þine uader and to þine moder.
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 8596 Grysely devels salle gang and com On þe synfulle þat tylle God war unbowsom.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 11 Ye hae a dour, stiff, unbowsom kind o' nature in ye.
2. dialect. Unbending, stiff.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid
stithc897
stiff1000
starkOE
inflexiblec1400
rigent?1440
unbowable1537
staffish1545
steya1586
unpliablea1618
rigid1618
unsupple1621
unpliant1624
immercurial1637
steeve1637
starky1657
impliablea1734
tharf1747
stiff as a poker1798
unbending1802
unbowsome1818
crisp1851
unbendable1884
poker-stiff1894
unfluxile1925
the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [adjective] > stiff
jointless1748
stiff as a poker1798
ramrod1850
unbowsome1894
1818 J. Hogg Wool-gatherer Tales (1866) 80/2 It makes..but an unbowsome overleather.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) He's..ungainly an' unbowsome.
Derivatives
unˈbowsomeness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance
unbowsomeness1340
wincing1426
restiness?c1550
restiffness?1561
restiveness?1561
intractability1579
untractablenessa1600
indocility1648
non-compliance1648
intractableness1664
non-complying1687
uncompliableness1687
incompliance1708
non-cooperation1795
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
uncompliability1880
bolshiness1975
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 Þe uerste [point] is onboȝsamnesse, huanne þe man nele do þet me him zayþ ine penonce.
a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27616 Of pride cumes als vnbowsumnes.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3377 Þai wer glad and somwhat shamed,..Þaim shamed of þair vnbowsomnes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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