† unnutn.

Forms: Old English onnytt (rare), Old English unitt (rare), Old English unnyt, Old English unnytt, Old English (early Middle English Ormulum) unnitt, Old English (Kentish)–early Middle English unnet, Old English–early Middle English unnit, early Middle English unnnitt ( Ormulum), early Middle English unnut, early Middle English unut.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: unnut adj.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to West Frisian ûnnut useless person, Middle Dutch onnut damage, harm, uselessness, German regional (Low German) unnütte useless thing, Middle High German unnutz damage, loss, harm (German (now chiefly regional: Alsace, Switzerland) Unnutz damage, harm, uselessness, worthlessness), Old Icelandic únytja waste, Old Swedish onytta uselessness, worthlessness (Swedish onytta ), Danish unytte uselessness (a1719), partly (i) < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of note n.¹, and partly (ii) < the Germanic base of unnut adj.In Old English both a strong feminine and a strong neuter are attested (in the latter case, showing derivation ultimately from the adjective). For discussion of forms see unnut adj.

Obsolete.

That which is useless or vain; uselessness, unprofitableness; idleness, vanity, frivolity; a useless or vain thing or action.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [noun] > abstract quality

unnuteOE

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun]

sinc825

naughteOE

unnuteOE

sinningc1000

unrightOE

un-i-selthlOE

wonder1154

misguiltc1200

misdoinga1225

teeninga1225

miss?c1225

crimec1250

misdeed?c1250

wickednessa1300

mischiefa1387

evil-doing1398

mistakinga1400

perpetrationc1429

wrongingc1449

maledictionc1475

maleficence1533

wicked-doing1535

foul play1546

misdealing1571

flagition1598

delinquency1603

malefaction1604

meschancy1609

malefacture1635

misacting1651

guilt1726

flagitiosity1727

malpractice1739

malfeasance1856

peccation1861

miscreance1972

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless

unnuteOE

inutility1802

dead letter1864

good-for-nothing1873

eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxii. 17 He ongit siððan yfel and unnet eal þæt he hæfde on his incofan æror lange.

OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xxx. 6 Þu hatodest..þa þe unnyt worhton.

OE Wulfstan Canons of Edgar (Corpus Cambr.) (1972) xxviii. 8 We lærað þæt man æt ciricwæccan swiðe gedreoh sy,..and æni gedrenc ne ænig unnit þar ne dreoge.

lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 13 Ic nat þeah hwes ic þer bydde, hweðer ic bydde nyttes þe unnittes me sylfum.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8059 Uss birrþ alle samenn wel hiss hallȝhe bisne follȝhen. & all forrwerrpenn illc unnnitt. Off ægede. & off leȝȝkess.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 260 He sið & hereð unnut.

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

† unnutadj.

Forms: Old English onnitt (rare), Old English onnytt (rare), Old English unit (rare), Old English unyt (rare), Old English (Kentish)–early Middle English unnet, Old English (Kentish)–early Middle English unnett, Old English (chiefly late)–early Middle English unnit, Old English–early Middle English unnyt, Old English–early Middle English unnytt, early Middle English unnitte, early Middle English unnnitt ( Ormulum), early Middle English unnud, early Middle English unnut, early Middle English unnutte, early Middle English vnned, early Middle English vnnet, early Middle English vnnnitt ( Ormulum), early Middle English vnnut, early Middle English vnnvwt (perhaps transmission error).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unnette , unnet , unnutte , unnut (West Frisian ûnnut ), Middle Dutch onnutte , onnut (Dutch onnut ), Middle Low German unnutte , Old High German unnuzze , unnuzzi (Middle High German unnutze , unnütze , German unnütz ), Gothic unnuts < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of nut adj.¹ Compare unnut n.Old English forms with stem vowel e in the base are Kentish in origin, showing typical unrounding and lowering of y (see A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §288); similar forms in Middle English represent reflexes of these, although some examples (especially in western sources) may result from reduced stress (the primary stress would have fallen on the prefix). Forms with stem vowel i in the base show unrounding of y, characteristic (in Middle English) of the east midlands and north.

Obsolete.

Useless, worthless, unprofitable, vain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective]

idlec825

unnuteOE

bricklec1225

tooma1250

unnaita1250

vaina1300

waste1303

overvoida1382

voida1382

superfluec1384

daylessa1387

unbehovely1390

unprofitablea1398

unbehoveful1429

wastefulc1450

idleful1483

fruster1488

vainful1509

frustrate?a1513

superfluousa1533

addle1534

lost1535

fittle1552

futilea1575

nugatory1605

futilous1607

shiftless1613

tympanous1625

emptya1628

frustraneousa1643

pointless1673

futilitous1765

otiose1795

stultificatory1931

eOE Metres of Boethius (partly from transcript of damaged MS) (2009) x. 17 Is ðæt unnet gelp.

OE Beowulf (2008) 413 Secgað sæliðend þæt þæs sele stande..idel ond unnyt.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 30 Wurpað þone unnyttan þeowan on þa uttran þystru.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15127 Acc þatt wass all..Vnnnitt. & idell dede.

a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 1 Vnnut lif to longe ich lede.

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

单词	unnut
释义	† unnutn. Forms: Old English onnytt (rare), Old English unitt (rare), Old English unnyt, Old English unnytt, Old English (early Middle English Ormulum) unnitt, Old English (Kentish)–early Middle English unnet, Old English–early Middle English unnit, early Middle English unnnitt ( Ormulum), early Middle English unnut, early Middle English unut. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: unnut adj. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to West Frisian ûnnut useless person, Middle Dutch onnut damage, harm, uselessness, German regional (Low German) unnütte useless thing, Middle High German unnutz damage, loss, harm (German (now chiefly regional: Alsace, Switzerland) Unnutz damage, harm, uselessness, worthlessness), Old Icelandic únytja waste, Old Swedish onytta uselessness, worthlessness (Swedish onytta ), Danish unytte uselessness (a1719), partly (i) < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of note n.¹, and partly (ii) < the Germanic base of unnut adj.In Old English both a strong feminine and a strong neuter are attested (in the latter case, showing derivation ultimately from the adjective). For discussion of forms see unnut adj. Obsolete. That which is useless or vain; uselessness, unprofitableness; idleness, vanity, frivolity; a useless or vain thing or action. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [noun] > abstract quality unnuteOE society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] sinc825 naughteOE unnuteOE sinningc1000 unrightOE un-i-selthlOE wonder1154 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 teeninga1225 miss?c1225 crimec1250 misdeed?c1250 wickednessa1300 mischiefa1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 perpetrationc1429 wrongingc1449 maledictionc1475 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 foul play1546 misdealing1571 flagition1598 delinquency1603 malefaction1604 meschancy1609 malefacture1635 misacting1651 guilt1726 flagitiosity1727 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 peccation1861 miscreance1972 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless unnuteOE inutility1802 dead letter1864 good-for-nothing1873 eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxii. 17 He ongit siððan yfel and unnet eal þæt he hæfde on his incofan æror lange. OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xxx. 6 Þu hatodest..þa þe unnyt worhton. OE Wulfstan Canons of Edgar (Corpus Cambr.) (1972) xxviii. 8 We lærað þæt man æt ciricwæccan swiðe gedreoh sy,..and æni gedrenc ne ænig unnit þar ne dreoge. lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 13 Ic nat þeah hwes ic þer bydde, hweðer ic bydde nyttes þe unnittes me sylfum. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8059 Uss birrþ alle samenn wel hiss hallȝhe bisne follȝhen. & all forrwerrpenn illc unnnitt. Off ægede. & off leȝȝkess. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 260 He sið & hereð unnut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † unnutadj. Forms: Old English onnitt (rare), Old English onnytt (rare), Old English unit (rare), Old English unyt (rare), Old English (Kentish)–early Middle English unnet, Old English (Kentish)–early Middle English unnett, Old English (chiefly late)–early Middle English unnit, Old English–early Middle English unnyt, Old English–early Middle English unnytt, early Middle English unnitte, early Middle English unnnitt ( Ormulum), early Middle English unnud, early Middle English unnut, early Middle English unnutte, early Middle English vnned, early Middle English vnnet, early Middle English vnnnitt ( Ormulum), early Middle English vnnut, early Middle English vnnvwt (perhaps transmission error). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unnette , unnet , unnutte , unnut (West Frisian ûnnut ), Middle Dutch onnutte , onnut (Dutch onnut ), Middle Low German unnutte , Old High German unnuzze , unnuzzi (Middle High German unnutze , unnütze , German unnütz ), Gothic unnuts < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of nut adj.¹ Compare unnut n.Old English forms with stem vowel e in the base are Kentish in origin, showing typical unrounding and lowering of y (see A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §288); similar forms in Middle English represent reflexes of these, although some examples (especially in western sources) may result from reduced stress (the primary stress would have fallen on the prefix). Forms with stem vowel i in the base show unrounding of y, characteristic (in Middle English) of the east midlands and north. Obsolete. Useless, worthless, unprofitable, vain. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] idlec825 unnuteOE bricklec1225 tooma1250 unnaita1250 vaina1300 waste1303 overvoida1382 voida1382 superfluec1384 daylessa1387 unbehovely1390 unprofitablea1398 unbehoveful1429 wastefulc1450 idleful1483 fruster1488 vainful1509 frustrate?a1513 superfluousa1533 addle1534 lost1535 fittle1552 futilea1575 nugatory1605 futilous1607 shiftless1613 tympanous1625 emptya1628 frustraneousa1643 pointless1673 futilitous1765 otiose1795 stultificatory1931 eOE Metres of Boethius (partly from transcript of damaged MS) (2009) x. 17 Is ðæt unnet gelp. OE Beowulf (2008) 413 Secgað sæliðend þæt þæs sele stande..idel ond unnyt. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 30 Wurpað þone unnyttan þeowan on þa uttran þystru. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15127 Acc þatt wass all..Vnnnitt. & idell dede. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 1 Vnnut lif to longe ich lede. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.eOEadj.eOE
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