unqueenv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈkwiːn/, U.S.

/ˌənˈkwin/

Forms: see un- prefix² and queen n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², queen n.

Etymology: < un- prefix² + queen n. With sense 1 compare slightly earlier unking v.

Now rare.

1. transitive. To deprive (a woman) of the rank or position of queen; to dethrone.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > depose a sovereign > a queen

unqueen1579

1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Dij Is it not more then probable..that the next prince..wyl drawe it [sc. England] also..under the law Salique, and so quite vnqueen the desolate sister?

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 172 Embalme me, Then lay me forth (although vnqueen'd) yet like A Queene.

1673 Seasonable Disc. maintaining Established Relig. 9 Nor was she unqueen'd enough by all this.

1702 Observator 25 July 1/1 A very indifferent Subject, who endeavours to Un-Queen her, by insinuating that Her Majesty has only a right by Succession.

1821 To the King 9 We must un-queen your wife, because she is immoral.

1873 Athenæum 22 Feb. 240/2 The divorce which was to unqueen Catherine of Arragon.

1986 M. George Autobiogr. Henry VIII cix. 774 If I did not love her, I would force her to sign the paper, un-Queen herself, and live out an obscure life in Sussex.

2. transitive. Bee-keeping. To remove the queen bee from (a hive, colony, etc.). Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [verb (transitive)] > remove queen from

unqueen1877

1877 Gleanings Bee Culture July 177/1 I put..two or three combs with just hatching and all adhering bees from the colony which I will unqueen or to which I will give a new queen.

1884 Bee-keeping (Brit. Bee-keepers' Assoc.) 23 Unqueen your diseased stock, cutting out all queen-cells ten days after.

1888 Bee-Keepers' Mag. Aug. 246/1 If there be not much brood, the case not a very bad one,..unqueen, cutting out all royal cells eleven days later.

1919 Amer. Bee Jrnl. Feb. 62/3 If you unqueen a Carniolan colony, and then in 8 days kill all queen cells.

Derivatives

unˈqueened adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] > deposed as monarch > deposed as queen

unqueened1684

1684 J. Harington Grecian Story iii. 195 To th' Queen we turn, who..Unqueen'd appear'd, retir'd to Country-Grange.

1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 388 The un-queened, un-sexed, un-Lutheranized, Christina.

2012 S. Alford Watchers viii. 131 The Queen of Scots—the unqueened queen, deposed in Scotland, a prisoner in England.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unqueen
释义	unqueenv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkwiːn/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwin/ Forms: see un- prefix² and queen n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², queen n. Etymology: < un- prefix² + queen n. With sense 1 compare slightly earlier unking v. Now rare. 1. transitive. To deprive (a woman) of the rank or position of queen; to dethrone. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > depose a sovereign > a queen unqueen1579 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Dij Is it not more then probable..that the next prince..wyl drawe it [sc. England] also..under the law Salique, and so quite vnqueen the desolate sister? 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 172 Embalme me, Then lay me forth (although vnqueen'd) yet like A Queene. View more context for this quotation 1673 Seasonable Disc. maintaining Established Relig. 9 Nor was she unqueen'd enough by all this. 1702 Observator 25 July 1/1 A very indifferent Subject, who endeavours to Un-Queen her, by insinuating that Her Majesty has only a right by Succession. 1821 To the King 9 We must un-queen your wife, because she is immoral. 1873 Athenæum 22 Feb. 240/2 The divorce which was to unqueen Catherine of Arragon. 1986 M. George Autobiogr. Henry VIII cix. 774 If I did not love her, I would force her to sign the paper, un-Queen herself, and live out an obscure life in Sussex. 2. transitive. Bee-keeping. To remove the queen bee from (a hive, colony, etc.). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [verb (transitive)] > remove queen from unqueen1877 1877 Gleanings Bee Culture July 177/1 I put..two or three combs with just hatching and all adhering bees from the colony which I will unqueen or to which I will give a new queen. 1884 Bee-keeping (Brit. Bee-keepers' Assoc.) 23 Unqueen your diseased stock, cutting out all queen-cells ten days after. 1888 Bee-Keepers' Mag. Aug. 246/1 If there be not much brood, the case not a very bad one,..unqueen, cutting out all royal cells eleven days later. 1919 Amer. Bee Jrnl. Feb. 62/3 If you unqueen a Carniolan colony, and then in 8 days kill all queen cells. Derivatives unˈqueened adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] > deposed as monarch > deposed as queen unqueened1684 1684 J. Harington Grecian Story iii. 195 To th' Queen we turn, who..Unqueen'd appear'd, retir'd to Country-Grange. 1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 388 The un-queened, un-sexed, un-Lutheranized, Christina. 2012 S. Alford Watchers viii. 131 The Queen of Scots—the unqueened queen, deposed in Scotland, a prisoner in England. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1579
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