unredyadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈriːdi/, U.S.

/ˌənˈridi/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and redy adj.; also 1600s vnredy, 1800s– unredy. Also with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + redy adj. Compare Middle Dutch onrādich , Middle Low German unrādich foolish, German †unrätig prodigal, wasteful (early 15th cent. as unrætec in sense ‘incapable of giving advice’). Compare later unready adj.²With use as epithet of Æthelred II compare earlier unrede n. 2, redeless adj.

Now chiefly archaic or historical.

Badly advised, lacking counsel; foolish.In later use as the epithet of Æthelred II, king of England (d. 1016); cf. unrede n. 2.Unready is the more usual term.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > imprudent

undiscreetc1340

unadviseda1382

unprudenta1382

imprudentc1386

unredya1387

loose1390

misadvisedc1390

unavisyc1420

unvertyc1485

liberala1500

unprovident1565

unconsultinga1586

ill-adviseda1593

unforeseeing1602

injudicial1607

unvised1609

improvidenta1616

indiscreeta1616

disadvised?a1648

unprudential1650

injudicious1710

unadvising1719

unprovidential1837

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 91 (MED) Eyþer manere summynge is as vnredy as oþer.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiii. l. 216 An vnredy reue þi residue shal spene..in a myntewhile.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 3 Ech such vngroundid and vnredy and ouer hasti..blamer.

a1500 ( T. Rudborne Historia Major Ecclesiae Wintoniensis in H. Wharton Anglia Sacra (1691) i. xiv. 225 Rex Etheldredus dictus Unredi, quod Latine sonat Inconsultus, citius enim consulere voluit cum suis perfidis proditoribus, qui eum blanditer decipiebant, quam cum proceribus & fidelibus regni sui.

1675 W. Dugdale Baronage Eng. I. 12/2 Son of Wolnoth, Son of Egelmar, Son of Egelrick, Brother to that great Edric-Streona, Earl of Mercia, in the days of King Ethelred, commonly called the Vnredy.

1879 Belgravia May 297 Eadward was..the son of Æthelred the Unredy (or Ill-advised, for the spelling ‘Unready’ only countenances a foolish linguistic blunder).

1903 R. Proctor tr. Story of Laxdalers 217 I am young and unredy in many wise.

2004 S. Lang Brit. Hist. for Dummies vi. 91 King Ethelred the Unredy rushed to meet the invading Vikings at Maldon in Essex. Disaster!

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

单词	unredy
释义	unredyadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈriːdi/, U.S. /ˌənˈridi/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and redy adj.; also 1600s vnredy, 1800s– unredy. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, redy adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + redy adj. Compare Middle Dutch onrādich , Middle Low German unrādich foolish, German †unrätig prodigal, wasteful (early 15th cent. as unrætec in sense ‘incapable of giving advice’). Compare later unready adj.²With use as epithet of Æthelred II compare earlier unrede n. 2, redeless adj. Now chiefly archaic or historical. Badly advised, lacking counsel; foolish.In later use as the epithet of Æthelred II, king of England (d. 1016); cf. unrede n. 2.Unready is the more usual term. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > imprudent undiscreetc1340 unadviseda1382 unprudenta1382 imprudentc1386 unredya1387 loose1390 misadvisedc1390 unavisyc1420 unvertyc1485 liberala1500 unprovident1565 unconsultinga1586 ill-adviseda1593 unforeseeing1602 injudicial1607 unvised1609 improvidenta1616 indiscreeta1616 disadvised?a1648 unprudential1650 injudicious1710 unadvising1719 unprovidential1837 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 91 (MED) Eyþer manere summynge is as vnredy as oþer. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiii. l. 216 An vnredy reue þi residue shal spene..in a myntewhile. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 3 Ech such vngroundid and vnredy and ouer hasti..blamer. a1500 ( T. Rudborne Historia Major Ecclesiae Wintoniensis in H. Wharton Anglia Sacra (1691) i. xiv. 225 Rex Etheldredus dictus Unredi, quod Latine sonat Inconsultus, citius enim consulere voluit cum suis perfidis proditoribus, qui eum blanditer decipiebant, quam cum proceribus & fidelibus regni sui. 1675 W. Dugdale Baronage Eng. I. 12/2 Son of Wolnoth, Son of Egelmar, Son of Egelrick, Brother to that great Edric-Streona, Earl of Mercia, in the days of King Ethelred, commonly called the Vnredy. 1879 Belgravia May 297 Eadward was..the son of Æthelred the Unredy (or Ill-advised, for the spelling ‘Unready’ only countenances a foolish linguistic blunder). 1903 R. Proctor tr. Story of Laxdalers 217 I am young and unredy in many wise. 2004 S. Lang Brit. Hist. for Dummies vi. 91 King Ethelred the Unredy rushed to meet the invading Vikings at Maldon in Essex. Disaster! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1387
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