单词 | unwon |
释义 | unwonadj. 1. Not won, in various senses. Also const. by. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > not overcome or overwhelmed unvanquisheda1382 unquelledc1440 unoverthrown1535 unconquered1549 unvicta1560 unvicteda1560 unmastered1565 unsubdued1590 unwon1593 unsuppressed1626 unbent1697 unbeaten1757 undefeated1819 unrouted1888 the mind > possession > acquisition > not obtaining or acquiring > [adjective] ungotc1400 unhad1421 unprocureda1535 ungotten1548 unobtained1593 ungained1609 unwon1818 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) i. pr. i. 5 A woman did apeare..of fresche coulor and unwon strengh [L. inexhausti vigoris]. 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) i. met. iv. 4 Who so quiet in setled life..His chire vn~wonne [L. invictum vultum] preserues. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor vi. 33 Caswallon..Drives onward, he nought deeming won, while aught Remains unwon. 1855 M. Arnold Haworth Churchyard 117 She..leaves Half her laurels unwon, Dying too soon. 1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 14 The soul yet unwon by His grace. 1892 Bp. Westcott in Daily News 16 Mar. 5/7 The coal remains there to this day unwon. 2. spec. Of women: Not successfully wooed. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [adjective] > relating to courting or wooing > courted or wooed > not successfully unwon1601 1601 S. Daniel Trag. Cleopatra i, in Wks. sig. F v b I must die free, And die my selfe vncaptiu'd and vnwonne. 1837 W. Maginn Shakespeare Papers (1859) 287 The anticipation of the lost dinner and unwon lady. 1850 E. B. Browning Sonnets from Portuguese xiii, in Poems (new ed.) II. 450 Seeing that I stand unwon, however wooed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1593 |
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