unsoughtadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsɔt/,

/ˌənˈsɑt/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b, 2c Compare Middle Dutch ongesocht (Dutch ongezocht), Middle High German ungesuochet (German ungesucht), Danish usøgt, Swedish osökt.

a. Not searched out or sought after; not sought or asked for.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [adjective] > that is or has been sought > not searched (for)

unsought?c1225

unsearched1526

unhunted1811

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

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 241 Awummon þet haueð iloset hire nelde..secheð hit anan richt..& god þurch sunne for loren schal liggen vnsocht seouedaȝes fulle.

1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 809 Vnknowe vnkyst and lost þat is vn-sought.

a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xiv Vnresonably he werkith þat leuith the souereyn gode..vnsought and vnloued.

a1470 W. Gregory Chron. in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 192 They lefte noo thynge unsoffethe, and they serchyd all that nyght.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. ciij A thyng discended from heauen, of theim vnsought, vnimagined and not deuised.

a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. A.i^v, in Whole Wks. (1587) Nothing shall rest vnsought, That may bring pleasure to your mind.

1637 J. Milton Comus 25 The sea ore-fraught would swell, and th'unsought diamonds Would so emblaze the forehead of the Deep,..That [etc.].

1688 T. Flatman Lines to Abp. Sancroft 1 When I Your unsought Glories view'd,..some great thing to Write I meant.

1708 E. Fenton in Oxf. & Cambr. Misc. Peoms 374 Whence comes this unsought honour unto me?

1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope IX. 342 To the issue of that unasked and unsought compliment these words allude.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. i. 13 This novel seems to me to possess..a kind of simple unsought charm.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 44 How often relief has come at the moment of extremity, in forms strangely unsought.

b. Not obtained by search or effort. Frequently in loose const.: Without being sought for; without search.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > without cause

unsoughtc1350

causelessc1386

unoccasioned1579

uncontrived1612

uncauseda1628

occasionless1631

anaetiological1652

incausable1653

c1350 Ipomadon 6519 Nowe I se vnsoughte, My travayle hedyr is all in vayne!

c1368 G. Chaucer Compl. Pite 104 What maner thinge may encrese my wo That haue I redy vnsoghte euyr where.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 798 Bot the knight thar fand thai noght; Than was thar mekil sorow unsoght.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 29 In erth I se right noght Bot syn that is vnsoght.

?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) 206 Endles paine muste I have unsoughte To my rewarde.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iv. sig. Cc5 Oftimes..sorrowes of the mynd Find remedie vnsought, which seeking cannot fynd.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 154 Loue sought, is good: but giuen vnsought, is better.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 59 Thus they out of their plaints new hope resume To find whom at the first they found unsought .

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii That's kind unsought.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 288 What pearl is it..which the poor..Seek and obtain, and often find unsought?

1817 W. Scott Harold Introd. 6 Oft at such season, too, will rhymes unsought Arrange themselves in some romantic lay.

1855 Poultry Chron. 3 338/2 The greatest gain will often, unsought and unwished, attend the first-class.

c. With adverbs, esp. for.

ΚΠ

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inesplorato, unsought out.

1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. M3^v Those sad Straines..Which you composd; when greatest discontent Vnsought-for helpe, to your Inuention lent.

1650 O. Cromwell Let. 12 Sept. (Carlyle) Which we earnestly desire may not be laid aside unsought after.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit 23 I had him..by mere Accident, unexpected and unsought for.

1816 J. Wilson City of Plague iii. ii. 137 Unsought-for bliss Coming..from all the points of heaven.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. x. 249 This arrangement..at least was unsought for by him.

†a. Unassailed. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > not attacked or molested

unsoughta1300

unannoyeda1470

unbaited15..

unmolested1531

unpersecuted?1545

unmolestc1560

unassaileda1586

unattempteda1616

unthreatened1649

unattacked1663

uninfested1670

unaffronted1753

uninsulted1832

unharried1871

unshot1897

a1300 Cursor Mundi 2440 He luued hir wil mare þan are, For wirscipp þat sco did him win, And sco vnsoght saccles o sin.

c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 2081 Ye bene biseged in this toure... Charles wole not leve you vnsought.

b. Unasked; without being requested.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > unasked

unbiddenc1010

unboonedc1175

unaskeda1255

unfrayneda1275

uncalleda1400

unbid14..

unprayeda1402

unrequiredc1425

undesired1470

unchargedc1485

uncommandeda1535

unrequested1564

unsolicited1594

unsued1594

unsought1598

unspeeredc1598

unentreated1601

unimportuned?1611

unurgeda1616

uninvited1632

unsupplicated1634

unpetitioned1639

uninterrogated1803

unsolicitated1807

1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 359^v/1 So verily, ech thing vnsought He said as he had knowne my thought.

1613 S. Hieron Bridegroome 18 Christ leadeth his Church with benefits, and that vnsought to.

a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 71 Death, tho' unsought, waits on thy murd'ring Quill.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 392 Then on my lyre, unasked, unsought, there flew A grasshopper.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. vi. 49 Ere ye approach me, I shine unsought.

3. Unexamined, unexplored.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > investigated, examined > not

unsoughta1400

unexamined1495

unlooked1517

unsearched1526

unransacked1529

unsurveyed1546

unsighted1584

unsoundedc1620

unreviewed1645

unpried into1647

unprobed?1691

unrummaged1715

uninvestigated1816

uninspected1858

unscreened1970

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26637 Hit faris of shrift as dos of wound þat lange vnsoȝt is to þe grounde.

1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 48 I haue noght left vnsoght no stede no temple whare Philosophers vsyd to wryte.

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 4450 And ther ys no corner vnsouht, But that I go to euery place.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xv. xxvii. 272 So that this mightie sea is yet vnsought, Where thousand Isles and kingdomes lie vnknowne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 135 Loth to leaue vnsought Or that, or any place that harbours men.

1625 F. Quarles Sions Sonets xv. 6 Thus..no place I left unsought, No eare vnask'd.

4. Not resorted to; untried.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [adjective] > attempted > not

unassayedc1374

unattempted1548

unsought1582

undared1587

unventured1606

unessayed1642

unendeavoured1656

untempted1744

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 77 No meane vnattempted, ne vnsoght..leauing.

1626 King Charles I in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 264 We..have left no means unsought that might truly enable us to these great works.

1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert iii. i Is there a Remedy in human Wisdom, My Mind has left unsought, to help this Evil?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unsought
释义	unsoughtadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsɔːt/, U.S. /ˌənˈsɔt/, /ˌənˈsɑt/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b, 2c Compare Middle Dutch ongesocht (Dutch ongezocht), Middle High German ungesuochet (German ungesucht), Danish usøgt, Swedish osökt. 1. a. Not searched out or sought after; not sought or asked for. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [adjective] > that is or has been sought > not searched (for) unsought?c1225 unsearched1526 unhunted1811 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 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 241 Awummon þet haueð iloset hire nelde..secheð hit anan richt..& god þurch sunne for loren schal liggen vnsocht seouedaȝes fulle. 1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 809 Vnknowe vnkyst and lost þat is vn-sought. a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xiv Vnresonably he werkith þat leuith the souereyn gode..vnsought and vnloued. a1470 W. Gregory Chron. in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 192 They lefte noo thynge unsoffethe, and they serchyd all that nyght. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. ciij A thyng discended from heauen, of theim vnsought, vnimagined and not deuised. a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. A.i^v, in Whole Wks. (1587) Nothing shall rest vnsought, That may bring pleasure to your mind. 1637 J. Milton Comus 25 The sea ore-fraught would swell, and th'unsought diamonds Would so emblaze the forehead of the Deep,..That [etc.]. 1688 T. Flatman Lines to Abp. Sancroft 1 When I Your unsought Glories view'd,..some great thing to Write I meant. 1708 E. Fenton in Oxf. & Cambr. Misc. Peoms 374 Whence comes this unsought honour unto me? 1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope IX. 342 To the issue of that unasked and unsought compliment these words allude. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. i. 13 This novel seems to me to possess..a kind of simple unsought charm. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 44 How often relief has come at the moment of extremity, in forms strangely unsought. b. Not obtained by search or effort. Frequently in loose const.: Without being sought for; without search. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > without cause unsoughtc1350 causelessc1386 unoccasioned1579 uncontrived1612 uncauseda1628 occasionless1631 anaetiological1652 incausable1653 c1350 Ipomadon 6519 Nowe I se vnsoughte, My travayle hedyr is all in vayne! c1368 G. Chaucer Compl. Pite 104 What maner thinge may encrese my wo That haue I redy vnsoghte euyr where. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 798 Bot the knight thar fand thai noght; Than was thar mekil sorow unsoght. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 29 In erth I se right noght Bot syn that is vnsoght. ?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) 206 Endles paine muste I have unsoughte To my rewarde. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iv. sig. Cc5 Oftimes..sorrowes of the mynd Find remedie vnsought, which seeking cannot fynd. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 154 Loue sought, is good: but giuen vnsought, is better. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 59 Thus they out of their plaints new hope resume To find whom at the first they found unsought . View more context for this quotation 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii That's kind unsought. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 288 What pearl is it..which the poor..Seek and obtain, and often find unsought? 1817 W. Scott Harold Introd. 6 Oft at such season, too, will rhymes unsought Arrange themselves in some romantic lay. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 338/2 The greatest gain will often, unsought and unwished, attend the first-class. c. With adverbs, esp. for. ΚΠ 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inesplorato, unsought out. 1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. M3^v Those sad Straines..Which you composd; when greatest discontent Vnsought-for helpe, to your Inuention lent. 1650 O. Cromwell Let. 12 Sept. (Carlyle) Which we earnestly desire may not be laid aside unsought after. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 23 I had him..by mere Accident, unexpected and unsought for. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague iii. ii. 137 Unsought-for bliss Coming..from all the points of heaven. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. x. 249 This arrangement..at least was unsought for by him. 2. †a. Unassailed. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > not attacked or molested unsoughta1300 unannoyeda1470 unbaited15.. unmolested1531 unpersecuted?1545 unmolestc1560 unassaileda1586 unattempteda1616 unthreatened1649 unattacked1663 uninfested1670 unaffronted1753 uninsulted1832 unharried1871 unshot1897 a1300 Cursor Mundi 2440 He luued hir wil mare þan are, For wirscipp þat sco did him win, And sco vnsoght saccles o sin. c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 2081 Ye bene biseged in this toure... Charles wole not leve you vnsought. b. Unasked; without being requested. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > unasked unbiddenc1010 unboonedc1175 unaskeda1255 unfrayneda1275 uncalleda1400 unbid14.. unprayeda1402 unrequiredc1425 undesired1470 unchargedc1485 uncommandeda1535 unrequested1564 unsolicited1594 unsued1594 unsought1598 unspeeredc1598 unentreated1601 unimportuned?1611 unurgeda1616 uninvited1632 unsupplicated1634 unpetitioned1639 uninterrogated1803 unsolicitated1807 1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 359^v/1 So verily, ech thing vnsought He said as he had knowne my thought. 1613 S. Hieron Bridegroome 18 Christ leadeth his Church with benefits, and that vnsought to. a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 71 Death, tho' unsought, waits on thy murd'ring Quill. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 392 Then on my lyre, unasked, unsought, there flew A grasshopper. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. vi. 49 Ere ye approach me, I shine unsought. 3. Unexamined, unexplored. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > investigated, examined > not unsoughta1400 unexamined1495 unlooked1517 unsearched1526 unransacked1529 unsurveyed1546 unsighted1584 unsoundedc1620 unreviewed1645 unpried into1647 unprobed?1691 unrummaged1715 uninvestigated1816 uninspected1858 unscreened1970 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26637 Hit faris of shrift as dos of wound þat lange vnsoȝt is to þe grounde. 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 48 I haue noght left vnsoght no stede no temple whare Philosophers vsyd to wryte. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 4450 And ther ys no corner vnsouht, But that I go to euery place. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xv. xxvii. 272 So that this mightie sea is yet vnsought, Where thousand Isles and kingdomes lie vnknowne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 135 Loth to leaue vnsought Or that, or any place that harbours men. View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Quarles Sions Sonets xv. 6 Thus..no place I left unsought, No eare vnask'd. 4. Not resorted to; untried. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [adjective] > attempted > not unassayedc1374 unattempted1548 unsought1582 undared1587 unventured1606 unessayed1642 unendeavoured1656 untempted1744 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 77 No meane vnattempted, ne vnsoght..leauing. 1626 King Charles I in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 264 We..have left no means unsought that might truly enable us to these great works. 1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert iii. i Is there a Remedy in human Wisdom, My Mind has left unsought, to help this Evil? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?c1225
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