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单词 unforgiven
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unforgivenadj.

Brit. /ˌʌnfəˈɡɪvn/, U.S. /ˌənfərˈɡɪvən/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2b. Compare (in sense 2) Old English unforgifen, Middle Dutch onvergeven.
1. Scottish. Without any remission. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > fine > [adjective] > liable to be fined > without remission
unforgiven1425
1425 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 12/1 Ande quha sa..be fundyn fautyfe sal pay ane vnlaw..vnforgevin.
1442 Extr. Aberdeen Rec. (1844) I. 7 The said Master Jhon sal pay to kyrk werk xl s. vnforgiffin.
1510 Extr. Aberdeen Rec. (1844) 81 Ane amerciament of viii s. vnforgiven.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 242 Nane sould eit flesche on frydayes..vnder the paine of xx poundis on forgivin for the first fault.
1622 Extr. Aberdeen Rec. (1848) II. 378 The counsallour..sall pay for ilk dayis absence..twelff schillingis, money vnforgiwen.
2. Not forgiven. Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] > unforgiving > unforgiven
unremitted1539
unforgiven1565
unpardoned1565
unexcusedc1650
1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. v. vii. f. 251v That temporall satisfaction, which after the sacrament of penaunce is left vnforgeuen.
1737 Ld. Chesterfield Epit. Queen Charlotte 18 To her own offspring mercy she denied, And unforgiving, unforgiven died.
1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. vii. 409 To present herself..undemanded and unforgiven at Etherington, she thought impossible.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. i. 60 As she shall die unshrived and unforgiven.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 226 And thou wilt then be wretcheder than I;—The unforgiving than the unforgiven.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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