unmightn.¹

Brit.

/ˈʌnmʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈənmaɪt/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and might n.¹; also early Middle English unmyþt, Middle English vnmigh (transmission error).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to West Frisian ûnmacht , Middle Dutch onmacht (Dutch onmacht ), Middle Low German unmacht , Old High German unmaht (Middle High German unmaht , German Unmacht ), Old Icelandic úmáttr , Gothic unmahts < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of might n.¹

Now archaic and rare.

1. Lack of strength; weakness, feebleness; powerlessness; spiritual weakness, unworthiness. Occasionally also: an instance of this.In later use chiefly in explicit contrast to might, esp. in echoes of quot. 1429-30.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will

unmighteOE

frailnessa1300

infirmityc1384

debility1474

brittleness1493

brucklenessc1500

weak side1668

weakness1748

washiness1763

feebleness1809–10

enervation1849

weak-mindedness1854

feet of clay1859

will-lessness1865

bonelessness1869

molluscousness1870

limpness1873

backbonelessness1882

invertebracy1882

weak-kneedness1882

invertebrateness1884

spinelessness1920

gutlessness1936

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun]

wokenessc1000

unstrengthc1175

frailnessa1300

weaknessa1300

brotelhede1340

frailtyc1384

tendernessa1387

slackness1398

unmain?a1400

unmight?a1400

feebility1413

fragility1474

infirmity1590

strengthlessness1666

feebleness1684

akrasia1806

weediness1860

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxii. 209 Ða lytelmodan ðonne & ða unðristan, ðonne hie ongietað hiera unbældo & hiera unmiehte, hie weorðað oft ormode.

OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 88 Þa ongan ic þencan þæt me þæt gelumpe for þære wiflican unmihte.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 129 For þan euel to done nis non strencþe, ac is unmihte.

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1408 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 146 For mine sunnes and for mine onmiȝte, þat I-ne may hire [sc. the holy church] wardi nouȝt, Ich ȝelde ov op here þe bischopriche.

c1350 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 57 Þe vnmigh [t] of oure bodi..þou mende.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. i. 888 Som fruyte rypeþ late for grete humour, watry, and vnobedient, and for vnmight of hete þat worcheþ þe dygestioun.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 14894 A heuynes & grete vnmyght [a1450 Lamb. a gret vnmight] on Kadwalyn gan it lepe.

1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §27. m. 11 Grete myght on that o syde, and unmyght on that other.

c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Shorter Version (1978) 50 (MED) Oure lorde..schewyd me a perte of the fendys malyce & fully his vnmyght.

c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 205 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 158 Þe vnmycht of my compere, þat to spede had na powere.

a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) v. xxvi. f. 104 (MED) In him is febilnesse & gret vnmight.

a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 168 Too great might on the one party, and unmight on the other.

1655 M. Beck Reward of Oppress., Tyranny & Injustice sig. A2^v Unless the discretion of the Counsell feel too great might on the one partie, and unmight on the other, or cause reasonable to move them.

1825 Q. Rev. June 123 Interfering whenever they felt too much might on one side, and too much unmight on the other.

1927 G. R. Hudleston Julian of Norwich's Revelations Divine Love xiii. 38 I saw our Lord scorn his malice and naught his unmight; and he willeth that we do so.

1951 E. Miller Abbey & Bishopric of Ely iii. 59 What counted in practice in determining the character of any given contract was likely to be the ‘might’ on one side and the ‘unmight’ on the other.

1992 M. A. Palliser Christ, Our Mother of Mercy ii. 95 The devil's ‘unmight’ is no match for God.

†2. Impossibility. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1300 Evangelie (Dulwich Coll.) l. 260 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1915) 30 561 Þi nece elizabeth lo here, Þat is in eld fele ȝere, Child nou hauis takin of hire fere..For to god of heuene þat is on, Ne is word of vn-mihte non.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† unmightadj.n.²

Forms: Old English unmæht (Anglian), early Middle English ounmaute, early Middle English vnmahte, Middle English unmyght, Middle English vnmight, late Middle English vnmyȝte, late Middle English vnmythte.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, might adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + might adj.In use as noun (sense B.) apparently derived from sense A. 2, although this is first attested later. Earlier currency of this sense of the adjective is probably implied by the Old English derivative verb ge-unmihtan to deprive of strength, to enfeeble (compare y- prefix, and also Old High German gi-unmahtēn to become weak or feeble). The late Middle English forms with final -e could alternatively be taken as showing unmighty adj.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

1. Beyond any person's capability; impossible.Quots. a1400 and a1425 could alternatively be interpreted as showing unmight n.¹ 2.

ΚΠ

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xvii. 20 Nihil inpossibile erit uobis : næniht unmæht [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. unmihtelic] bið iuh.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9854 (MED) It war vnmight [Gött. vnmihty] be funden slik.

a1425 in R. H. Bowers Three Middle Eng. Relig. Poems (1963) 28 (MED) Unmyght it es Hym to hyde & sterne it is that dome to byde.

2. = unmighty adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of power > [adjective]

unmightyeOE

weak1423

unmighta1450

unpowerful1611

dominionless1845

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 54 (MED) A man, whan he is browth first e þis world, is mor vnmythte..þan any oþer beste.

?c1475 (a1402) J. Trevisa Gospel of Nicodemus (Salisbury) f. 142^v Now open þe ȝatus þou helle for þou art ouercome and schalle be vnmyȝte [a1456 BL Add. vnmighty].

B. n.²

A person who lacks the strength or capability to do something; (perhaps) spec. an unworthy person. Cf. unmight n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > one who has no power or influence

unmight?a1300

man of clouts, king of clouts1467

Tom Thumb1646

figurehead1883

?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) xxx, in Anglia (1881) 4 196 Mani man mid a luitel haute Gifþ his douter at ounmaute [a1350 Harl. vn mahte; a1325 Cambr. to a wiked blode], Þer hire is luitel þe bet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	unmight
释义	unmightn.¹ Brit. /ˈʌnmʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈənmaɪt/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and might n.¹; also early Middle English unmyþt, Middle English vnmigh (transmission error). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to West Frisian ûnmacht , Middle Dutch onmacht (Dutch onmacht ), Middle Low German unmacht , Old High German unmaht (Middle High German unmaht , German Unmacht ), Old Icelandic úmáttr , Gothic unmahts < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of might n.¹ Now archaic and rare. 1. Lack of strength; weakness, feebleness; powerlessness; spiritual weakness, unworthiness. Occasionally also: an instance of this.In later use chiefly in explicit contrast to might, esp. in echoes of quot. 1429-30. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will unmighteOE frailnessa1300 infirmityc1384 debility1474 brittleness1493 brucklenessc1500 weak side1668 weakness1748 washiness1763 feebleness1809–10 enervation1849 weak-mindedness1854 feet of clay1859 will-lessness1865 bonelessness1869 molluscousness1870 limpness1873 backbonelessness1882 invertebracy1882 weak-kneedness1882 invertebrateness1884 spinelessness1920 gutlessness1936 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun] wokenessc1000 unstrengthc1175 frailnessa1300 weaknessa1300 brotelhede1340 frailtyc1384 tendernessa1387 slackness1398 unmain?a1400 unmight?a1400 feebility1413 fragility1474 infirmity1590 strengthlessness1666 feebleness1684 akrasia1806 weediness1860 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxii. 209 Ða lytelmodan ðonne & ða unðristan, ðonne hie ongietað hiera unbældo & hiera unmiehte, hie weorðað oft ormode. OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 88 Þa ongan ic þencan þæt me þæt gelumpe for þære wiflican unmihte. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 129 For þan euel to done nis non strencþe, ac is unmihte. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1408 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 146 For mine sunnes and for mine onmiȝte, þat I-ne may hire [sc. the holy church] wardi nouȝt, Ich ȝelde ov op here þe bischopriche. c1350 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 57 Þe vnmigh [t] of oure bodi..þou mende. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. i. 888 Som fruyte rypeþ late for grete humour, watry, and vnobedient, and for vnmight of hete þat worcheþ þe dygestioun. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 14894 A heuynes & grete vnmyght [a1450 Lamb. a gret vnmight] on Kadwalyn gan it lepe. 1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §27. m. 11 Grete myght on that o syde, and unmyght on that other. c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Shorter Version (1978) 50 (MED) Oure lorde..schewyd me a perte of the fendys malyce & fully his vnmyght. c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 205 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 158 Þe vnmycht of my compere, þat to spede had na powere. a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) v. xxvi. f. 104 (MED) In him is febilnesse & gret vnmight. a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 168 Too great might on the one party, and unmight on the other. 1655 M. Beck Reward of Oppress., Tyranny & Injustice sig. A2^v Unless the discretion of the Counsell feel too great might on the one partie, and unmight on the other, or cause reasonable to move them. 1825 Q. Rev. June 123 Interfering whenever they felt too much might on one side, and too much unmight on the other. 1927 G. R. Hudleston Julian of Norwich's Revelations Divine Love xiii. 38 I saw our Lord scorn his malice and naught his unmight; and he willeth that we do so. 1951 E. Miller Abbey & Bishopric of Ely iii. 59 What counted in practice in determining the character of any given contract was likely to be the ‘might’ on one side and the ‘unmight’ on the other. 1992 M. A. Palliser Christ, Our Mother of Mercy ii. 95 The devil's ‘unmight’ is no match for God. †2. Impossibility. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1300 Evangelie (Dulwich Coll.) l. 260 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1915) 30 561 Þi nece elizabeth lo here, Þat is in eld fele ȝere, Child nou hauis takin of hire fere..For to god of heuene þat is on, Ne is word of vn-mihte non. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † unmightadj.n.² Forms: Old English unmæht (Anglian), early Middle English ounmaute, early Middle English vnmahte, Middle English unmyght, Middle English vnmight, late Middle English vnmyȝte, late Middle English vnmythte. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, might adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + might adj.In use as noun (sense B.) apparently derived from sense A. 2, although this is first attested later. Earlier currency of this sense of the adjective is probably implied by the Old English derivative verb ge-unmihtan to deprive of strength, to enfeeble (compare y- prefix, and also Old High German gi-unmahtēn to become weak or feeble). The late Middle English forms with final -e could alternatively be taken as showing unmighty adj. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. Beyond any person's capability; impossible.Quots. a1400 and a1425 could alternatively be interpreted as showing unmight n.¹ 2. ΚΠ OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xvii. 20 Nihil inpossibile erit uobis : næniht unmæht [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. unmihtelic] bið iuh. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9854 (MED) It war vnmight [Gött. vnmihty] be funden slik. a1425 in R. H. Bowers Three Middle Eng. Relig. Poems (1963) 28 (MED) Unmyght it es Hym to hyde & sterne it is that dome to byde. 2. = unmighty adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] unmightyeOE weak1423 unmighta1450 unpowerful1611 dominionless1845 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 54 (MED) A man, whan he is browth first e þis world, is mor vnmythte..þan any oþer beste. ?c1475 (a1402) J. Trevisa Gospel of Nicodemus (Salisbury) f. 142^v Now open þe ȝatus þou helle for þou art ouercome and schalle be vnmyȝte [a1456 BL Add. vnmighty]. B. n.² A person who lacks the strength or capability to do something; (perhaps) spec. an unworthy person. Cf. unmight n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > one who has no power or influence unmight?a1300 man of clouts, king of clouts1467 Tom Thumb1646 figurehead1883 ?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) xxx, in Anglia (1881) 4 196 Mani man mid a luitel haute Gifþ his douter at ounmaute [a1350 Harl. vn mahte; a1325 Cambr. to a wiked blode], Þer hire is luitel þe bet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹eOEadj.n.²OE
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