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单词 unfighting
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unfightingadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfighting.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > not warlike
recreantc1330
unhardy1377
fightless1595
imbellious1602
unfighting1678
1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 27 The Spectators were some sort of feminine unfighting fellows.
a1704 T. Brown Fable in Wks. (1720) IV. 37 Their General gone, the rest like Lightning fly, A cheap unfighting Herd.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. May 234/2 Descants upon unfighting captains at sea.
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