单词 | uncoveted |
释义 | uncovetedadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > not desiring or desirous of > not desired unsought?c1225 unwished1583 uncourted1595 undesired1599 unaffected1611 unwished-for1617 unwilled1648 uncontended1697 unwanted1697 unbesought1739 uncoveted1769 unlonged-for1834 inappetible1874 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xiv. 87 Uncoveted wealth came pouring in upon me. 1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 146 I..keep An uncoveted watch o'er the world and the deep. 1882 ‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versâ v. 92 He had contrived..to evade the uncoveted wooden spoon by just two places. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1769 |
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