uncunningnessn.
Ignorance; unskilfulness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun]
unwitc1175
uncunningnessa1325
uncunninghead1340
uncunningshipa1400
rawness1548
unskill1565
disacquaintance1589
inexperience1595
inacquaintance1597
unacquaintance1598
unaccustomedness1611
unacquaintednessa1617
illiteracy1660
greenness1740
griffinishness1850
unfamiliarity1880
a1325 Prose Psalter lxxxi. 5 Hii ne wyst nouȝt ne vnderstode nowit, and hii ne gon in vnconandnes [v.r. vncunnyngnes].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 27571 (MED) Oft be-tidis þat man I-wis be-comis proude for vn-kunningnes.
1408 tr. Vegetius' De re milit. (Digby 233) f. 186/2 Vnkonnyngnesse of swymmynge.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 235 Ful smale leggis tokenyth vnconyngnesse.
c1475 Partenay 12 By lachesse, Or..by vnconnyngnesse.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Prol. 87 Clerkis for oncunnandnes mysknawis ilk wycht.
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