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单词 unkiss
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unkissv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkɪs/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɪs/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and kiss v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, kiss v.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + kiss v.
1. transitive. To cease to kiss (a person); to break off from kissing. Obsolete.In quots. juxtaposed with kiss implying the giving of a succession of individual kisses.
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1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 24 A thousand times she kist, and him vnkist agayne [Fr. apres l'auoir baisé & rebaisé vn million de fois].
1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. f. 28 How oft didst thou me sweetely kisse and then vnkisse againe [L. Oscula dimissae quotiens repetita dedisti]?
1575 P. Beverley Hist. Ariodanto & Ieneura (new ed.) sig. Dvjv A thousand tymes he kissed hath her lippes of rosiat hew. As oft she doth vnkisse againe, her friend and louer trew.
1664 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems (ed. 2) xxix. 37 Wee'l have no time to vex or grieve, But kiss and unkiss till we die.
2. transitive. To revoke a kiss already bestowed upon (a person or thing).In early use esp. with reference to breaking or cancelling an oath or promise sealed with a kiss; cf. to kiss the book at kiss v. 6a.
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the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (transitive)] > undo kissing
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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 74 Let me vnkisse the oathe twixt thee and me. View more context for this quotation
1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck v. sig. K4 That man, that shall vnkisse This sacred print next.
1653 W. Hemings Fatal Contract With this kiss..Unkiss the kiss that seal'd it on thy lips.
1852 Weekly News & Chron. 23 Oct. 680/3 French monarchs..have been..the least particular about ‘kissing the book’ and unkissing it.
1889 ‘L. Carroll’ Sylvie & Bruno xvi. 232 Well then, I'll unkiss you!
1964 Salt Lake Tribune 10 Nov. 12 a/4 You can't take back a handshake or unkiss a baby.
2015 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 17 Nov. She can't un-dump your cousin or un-kiss your brother.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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