unlessenconj.

Brit.

/(ə)nˈlɛsn/,

/ʌnˈlɛsn/, U.S.

/ənˈlɛs(ə)n/

Forms: 1800s– unlessen, 1800s– unless'n.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: unless conj.

Etymology: Alteration (after lessen conj.) of unless conj.

Chiefly U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland).

Unless. Cf. lessen conj.Chiefly in representations of regional and nonstandard speech.

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1880 Daily Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock, Arkansas) 19 Mar. 8/4 I'll knock him down wid a oar, right heah. Dat is, unlessen he's got five thousand dollars.

1897 Puck (N.Y.) 1 Sept. Leavin' the smell o' the fresh-cut grass, Unless'n the wind's from over the Bay.

1948 Z. N. Hurston Seraph on Suwanee ii. 32 You can't leave here unlessen you say that I'm forgiven for what I did.

1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. 1 d You can go back out to the farm. Unless'n your daddy, he decides to give up that sharecropping.

1994 A. Sinclair Coffee will make you Black ii. 18 Not unlessen you a square.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unlessen
释义	unlessenconj. Brit. /(ə)nˈlɛsn/, /ʌnˈlɛsn/, U.S. /ənˈlɛs(ə)n/ Forms: 1800s– unlessen, 1800s– unless'n. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: unless conj. Etymology: Alteration (after lessen conj.) of unless conj. Chiefly U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Unless. Cf. lessen conj.Chiefly in representations of regional and nonstandard speech. ΚΠ 1880 Daily Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock, Arkansas) 19 Mar. 8/4 I'll knock him down wid a oar, right heah. Dat is, unlessen he's got five thousand dollars. 1897 Puck (N.Y.) 1 Sept. Leavin' the smell o' the fresh-cut grass, Unless'n the wind's from over the Bay. 1948 Z. N. Hurston Seraph on Suwanee ii. 32 You can't leave here unlessen you say that I'm forgiven for what I did. 1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. 1 d You can go back out to the farm. Unless'n your daddy, he decides to give up that sharecropping. 1994 A. Sinclair Coffee will make you Black ii. 18 Not unlessen you a square. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < conj.1880
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