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单词 unwon
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unwonadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 2b. Compare (Middle) Dutch ongewonnen, Middle High German ungewunnen, unconquered.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwon.
1. Not won, in various senses. Also const. by.
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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.
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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).
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