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单词 unheppen
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unheppenadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation.
Etymology: un- prefix1 1 + dialect heppen tidy, handy, < Old Norse heppinn (Norwegian heppen) lucky, dexterous. Compare Norwegian uheppen.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈheppen.
northern dialect.
1. Untidy, slatternly.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [adjective]
sluttishc1405
sluttya1425
slut?a1513
drabbish1566
drabby1612
sordid1613
slithy1622
sleathy1652
slattering1673
slatternly1677
slattern1683
trapish1703
slammerkin1742
trolloping1770
unheppen1790
trollopy1800
slatternish1833
haveless1868
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Unheppen, slatternly.
1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 119 Unheppen, unbecoming, uncomfortable, indecent, untidy.
2. Ungainly, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] > ungraceful
graceless?1507
clumsy1597
ungainly1611
awkwarda1616
disgraceful1615
unwieldya1635
dishonest1653
ungraceful1667
ungracious1695
ungain1710
unswan-like1837
unheppen1855
disgracious1870
1855– in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Yks., Linc.).
1880 Ld. Tennyson Village Wife xvi An' Lucy wur laäme o' one leg,..Straänge an' unheppen Miss Lucy!
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