unmovingadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmuːvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmuvɪŋ/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and moving adj.

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

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + moving adj.

1. Not moving; motionless; fixed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moving

stillc888

unmoving?a1425

quatc1425

stock-still1508

stony1642

riveting1658

sitfast1669

unstirringa1684

sedate1684

statued1744

unshifting1811

stirless1816

unwaving1818

immotioned1821

standstill1829

akinetic1841

swayless1856

flutterless1873

static1910

squat1956

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 56 (MED) Be þai vnmouand as a stane.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 1180 Þan gert he stand Son and mone, bath wnmowande Fra thine þe spase hail of a day.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Stella fissa, a fixed, vnmouing starre.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiv. ix. 510 The eternall beatitude shall haue both ioye and loue,..firme, and vnmoouing.

1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. v. 186 Without this Impulse, they had continued unactive, unmoving Heaps of Matter.

1753 Country Gentleman's Compan. II. vi. 99 The yellow, live Frog is also an excellent Bait for the Pike, for you must understand that they usually delight not in any dead or unmoving Food.

1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 10 Calmness seems thron'd on yon unmoving cloud.

c1808 Coleridge's Lect. 1808–1819 on Lit. (1987) I. 85 Succession of time and unmoving eternity.

1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 289 Everywhere were vast ghostly figures unmoving in the moonlight.

1961 S. Abeles tr. P. Collaer Hist. Mod. Music vi. 246 The accomplishment of destiny, which is unmoving in relation to the flowing waters of life, is presided over by all the forces of the universe.

1999 W. Gibson All Tomorrow's Parties xxxviii. 159 Now she stands there, looking into the window, at these watches with their foxed faces, their hands unmoving.

2. Stirring no emotion; unaffecting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [adjective] > not

unmoving1642

unaffecting1647

untouching1745

neutral1760

unravishing1781

unprovocative1793

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 48 He..will presently perceave this Liturgy all over in conception leane and dry, of affections empty and unmoving.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 54 How flat and insipid, how dead and unmoving must all Discourse of it be to him!

1752 ‘H. Beaumont’ Crito 20 The best Complexion, the finest Features, and the exactest Shape, without any thing of the Mind exprest on the Face, is as insipid and unmoving, as the waxen Figure of the fine Duchess of Richmond in Westminster Abbey.

1826 Vermont Chron. 15 Dec. 1/4 If he would make his influence powerful—if he would make it..more than dry unmoving speculations, he must clothe his opinions and feelings in the ‘visible rhetoric of example’.

1853 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 11 Dec. 8/4 The rest of the story is unmoving, dead, flat, and barren.

1971 S. Hill Strange Meeting 188 We have had a pep talk from the Brigadier, and last week, a pep letter came round to all officers and N.C.O.'s—entirely unmoving.

1993 Empire Aug. 31/3 The pivotal scene—when mother cops it, blub!—is amazingly unmoving so many years down the line.

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

单词	unmoving
释义	unmovingadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmuːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈmuvɪŋ/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and moving adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, moving adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + moving adj. 1. Not moving; motionless; fixed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moving stillc888 unmoving?a1425 quatc1425 stock-still1508 stony1642 riveting1658 sitfast1669 unstirringa1684 sedate1684 statued1744 unshifting1811 stirless1816 unwaving1818 immotioned1821 standstill1829 akinetic1841 swayless1856 flutterless1873 static1910 squat1956 ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 56 (MED) Be þai vnmouand as a stane. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 1180 Þan gert he stand Son and mone, bath wnmowande Fra thine þe spase hail of a day. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Stella fissa, a fixed, vnmouing starre. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiv. ix. 510 The eternall beatitude shall haue both ioye and loue,..firme, and vnmoouing. 1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. v. 186 Without this Impulse, they had continued unactive, unmoving Heaps of Matter. 1753 Country Gentleman's Compan. II. vi. 99 The yellow, live Frog is also an excellent Bait for the Pike, for you must understand that they usually delight not in any dead or unmoving Food. 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 10 Calmness seems thron'd on yon unmoving cloud. c1808 Coleridge's Lect. 1808–1819 on Lit. (1987) I. 85 Succession of time and unmoving eternity. 1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 289 Everywhere were vast ghostly figures unmoving in the moonlight. 1961 S. Abeles tr. P. Collaer Hist. Mod. Music vi. 246 The accomplishment of destiny, which is unmoving in relation to the flowing waters of life, is presided over by all the forces of the universe. 1999 W. Gibson All Tomorrow's Parties xxxviii. 159 Now she stands there, looking into the window, at these watches with their foxed faces, their hands unmoving. 2. Stirring no emotion; unaffecting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [adjective] > not unmoving1642 unaffecting1647 untouching1745 neutral1760 unravishing1781 unprovocative1793 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 48 He..will presently perceave this Liturgy all over in conception leane and dry, of affections empty and unmoving. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 54 How flat and insipid, how dead and unmoving must all Discourse of it be to him! 1752 ‘H. Beaumont’ Crito 20 The best Complexion, the finest Features, and the exactest Shape, without any thing of the Mind exprest on the Face, is as insipid and unmoving, as the waxen Figure of the fine Duchess of Richmond in Westminster Abbey. 1826 Vermont Chron. 15 Dec. 1/4 If he would make his influence powerful—if he would make it..more than dry unmoving speculations, he must clothe his opinions and feelings in the ‘visible rhetoric of example’. 1853 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 11 Dec. 8/4 The rest of the story is unmoving, dead, flat, and barren. 1971 S. Hill Strange Meeting 188 We have had a pep talk from the Brigadier, and last week, a pep letter came round to all officers and N.C.O.'s—entirely unmoving. 1993 Empire Aug. 31/3 The pivotal scene—when mother cops it, blub!—is amazingly unmoving so many years down the line. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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