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单词 unknitting
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unknittingn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈnɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈnɪdɪŋ/
Forms: see unknit v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unknit v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < unknit v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of unknit v. (in various senses); an instance of this.In quot. c1384: the action or fact of failing in strength; weakness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > disjunction, disunion, or disconnection
unknittingc1384
discretiona1398
disjunctionc1400
disjuncturec1400
discouplingc1425
unjoining?c1425
unjointing?c1425
disjoining1530
disunion1598
breach1625
disunity1632
disconnection1663
disjointure1757
disjointing1794
disarticulation1808
non-union1823
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > taking apart
unknittingc1384
unstriking1567
jointing1591
disassembly1894
disassemblage1899
strip-down1950
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Nahum ii. 10 Herte feylynge, and vnknyttynge [L. dissolutio] of smale knees.
1545 Act 37 Henry VIII c. 21 §2 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 1014 Without any dissolucion, undoinge, unknyttinge, or repeale of them.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desnouement, an vntying, vnknitting, vnbinding (of knots).
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Unknitting, the act of unweaving, the act of opening.
1823 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 12 July 114 The knitting and unknitting has hitherto been performed principally by Jewesses.
1898 Academy 17 Sept. 279/2 A plentiful knitting and unknitting of intrigue.
1970 Indonesia 10 44 The first unknitting of the Netherlanders' administrative fabric.
2011 J. Shilling Stranger in Mirror ii. 39 The sinister unknitting of the bony bonds of the pelvic girdle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unknittingadj.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and knitting adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, knitting adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + knitting adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Not knitting together; separate, dissimilar.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > disjoining or disconnecting > not joined, united, or connected
uncoupled1377
unjoined1538
unclosed1551
unknitting1587
ununited1587
unknit1603
incommunicated1646
discontiguous1656
incontiguous1660
open1686
inconnected1742
disconnected1751
incoherent1768
uncemented1783
unconnected1829
disaffiliated1839
disconnect1845
inarticulate1852
unarticulated1861
ununified1862
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 165 [Aristotle] sayth that the knitting parts [Fr. les parties similaires; Gk. ὁμοιομερῆ]..the bones, the skin, the Sinewes..may be made of the mixing togither of the elements, and that the vnknitting parts [Fr. les dissimilaires; Gk. τὰ ἀνομοιομερῆ] as the Head, the Leg, the Arme,..cannot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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