unquickenedadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɪk(ə)nd/,

/(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɪk(ə)nd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈkwɪkənd/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and quickened adj.

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

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + quickened adj.

Not living or moving; not quickened (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [adjective]

lifelessOE

unlivingOE

bloodless and bonelessOE

deadlya1225

dead1430

natureless1548

exanimate1552

inanimatea1555

unlively1563

spiritless1570

unquickened1610

unanimate1615

inanimal1623

inanimated1646

unvital1661

unanimated1697

unbreathing1709

unconscious1744

pulseless1820

azoic1854

not-living1869

abiotic1873

unvitalized1874

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > not vigorous or lively

slackc900

sapless1598

unquickened1610

invital1650

down1873

the world > movement > rate of motion > [adjective] > not increased in speed

unaccelerateda1774

unquickened1868

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiii. xxiii. 489 Bodyes that haue a liuing soule (though as yet vnquickned by the spirit) [L. quae habent animam viventem, nondum spiritum vivificantem].

1638 E. Reynolds Medit. Last Supper xvii. 164 A bodily, and unquickned service.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation vi. 282 Which num'rous, but unquicken'd Progeny..inwrapt within each other lye.

1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 125 You may imagine our land-spirit will not be unquickened neither.

1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 382 Shakspere..probably wrote, with pulse unquickened, the wildest bursts of Othello.

1937 E. Bowen Faber Bk. Mod. Stories 14 Contrived, unspontaneous feeling makes for unquickened prose.

1973 Family Law Q. 7 427 Babbitz v. McCann..held that the abortion statute was an unconstitutional invasion of a woman's private right to refuse to carry an unquickened embryo.

1992 Independent (Nexis) 21 June 33 It seems churlish to complain that the prose remains unquickened, that you only find trimness where you might have looked for resonance.

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

单词	unquickened
释义	unquickenedadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɪk(ə)nd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɪk(ə)nd/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwɪkənd/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and quickened adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, quickened adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + quickened adj. Not living or moving; not quickened (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [adjective] lifelessOE unlivingOE bloodless and bonelessOE deadlya1225 dead1430 natureless1548 exanimate1552 inanimatea1555 unlively1563 spiritless1570 unquickened1610 unanimate1615 inanimal1623 inanimated1646 unvital1661 unanimated1697 unbreathing1709 unconscious1744 pulseless1820 azoic1854 not-living1869 abiotic1873 unvitalized1874 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > not vigorous or lively slackc900 sapless1598 unquickened1610 invital1650 down1873 the world > movement > rate of motion > [adjective] > not increased in speed unaccelerateda1774 unquickened1868 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiii. xxiii. 489 Bodyes that haue a liuing soule (though as yet vnquickned by the spirit) [L. quae habent animam viventem, nondum spiritum vivificantem]. 1638 E. Reynolds Medit. Last Supper xvii. 164 A bodily, and unquickned service. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation vi. 282 Which num'rous, but unquicken'd Progeny..inwrapt within each other lye. 1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 125 You may imagine our land-spirit will not be unquickened neither. 1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 382 Shakspere..probably wrote, with pulse unquickened, the wildest bursts of Othello. 1937 E. Bowen Faber Bk. Mod. Stories 14 Contrived, unspontaneous feeling makes for unquickened prose. 1973 Family Law Q. 7 427 Babbitz v. McCann..held that the abortion statute was an unconstitutional invasion of a woman's private right to refuse to carry an unquickened embryo. 1992 Independent (Nexis) 21 June 33 It seems churlish to complain that the prose remains unquickened, that you only find trimness where you might have looked for resonance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1610
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