单词 | unmackly |
释义 | unmacklyadv.adj. English regional (northern) and Scottish. In a clumsy or unsightly manner; misshapenly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adverb] uglilya1300 foulc1390 uglyc1420 ill-favouredly1545 evilfavouredly1551 ill-favourably1576 stigmatically1622 unmacklyc1650 unsightly1726 c1650 Sir Cawline (Percy) in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS (1868) III. 11 Vpon his squier [= neck] 5 heads he bare, Vnmackley made was hee. 1765 Sir Cauline (Percy Revision) ii. l. 122 in T. Percy Reliques Anc. Eng. Poetry I. 49 Ladye, be not affrayd: Ile fight for thee with this grimme soldàn, Thoughe he be unmacklye made. B. adj. Ill-formed; misshapen; ugly.In quot. 1765: glossing the use in quot. 1765 at sense A. as an adjective. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] foulOE uglyc1386 malgraciousa1393 unsightlya1400 loathc1400 ouglec1415 shrewdc1430 unsightyc1440 unwholesome?a1500 evil-favoured1530 ill-favoured1530 uglisome1530 huggeda1533 hard-favoureda1535 evil-liking1535 ill-favorited1579 stigmatical1589 stigmatic1597 sightlessa1616 hard-featured1638 grislya1681 bad-looking1757 unmackly1765 unfavourable1776 dissightly1777 eyesore1798 wavelled1886 spiderly1891 Plain Jane1912 hackit1985 1765 T. Percy Reliques I. iii. 342/2 (gloss.) Unmacklye, misshapen. 1811 R. Willan List Anc. Words in Archaeologia (1814) 17 162 Unmackly, ill-shapen, of a clumsy appearance. 1888 C. Mackay Dict. Lowland Sc. 255/2 Unmackly, mis-shapen, deformed. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 146/2 Unmakly, ugly, misshapen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.c1650 |
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