unwontedadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈwəʊntᵻd/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɒntᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈwɔn(t)əd/,

/ˌənˈwɑn(t)əd/,

/ˌənˈwoʊn(t)əd/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2. Compare unwont adj.

a. Not wonted, usual, or habitual; not commonly heard, seen, practised, etc.; infrequent.In very frequent use from c1810.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > unusual or unwonted

uncustomable1387

unwonea1400

unwontc1400

unwonedc1455

inconsuete?a1475

insolite1490

unused1513

unaccustomed1526

inusitate1546

unordinary1547

uncustomed1552

unwonted1553

insolent1581

unusual1582

unaccustomable1584

unquainted1587

wontless1587

untrafficked1596

diswonted1600

inordinary1606

inusual1609

invulgar1610

uncommon1611

uncustomary1650

uncommonplace1873

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 177^v They put the Macedons in terrour, troublyng with their vnwonted crye.

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. §1 Old and vnwonted words.

1580 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique (new ed.) 197 His maister marueilyng..at suche an vnwonted [1553 vnwonte] kindnesse.

1611 B. Jonson Catiline i. sig. C^v A strange, vnwonted horror doth inuade me.

1667 J. Glanvill Philos. Considerations Witches 5 Epocha's made of those unwonted events.

1713 N. Rowe Jane Shore i. ii Man..Shall pity thee, and with unwonted Goodness, Forget thy Failings.

1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Epodes v. 88 Soon the Wretch my Wrath shall prove, By Spells unwonted taught to love.

1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto ii It is not seemly for me to hold farther converse with a man at this unwonted hour.

1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. xxi. 154 His own menials with dismay Beheld..the griesly sire, In this unwonted wild attire.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vii. 105 Difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xix. 428 The constant expectation of some new Prophet appearing in the most secluded or unwonted situation.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) IV. 291 Those who survived kept up life on strange and unwonted food.

b. Not wont to appear; rarely seen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective]

seld1398

seldom1483

rare1565

secular1599

unfrequent1611

straggling1618

infrequent1622

unobvious1643

far-between1743

rarish1772

unwonted1785

sporadic1842

low frequency1946

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 301 Spring..calls the unwonted villager abroad With all her little ones.

1825 W. Scott Talisman v, in Tales Crusaders IV. 91 It seemed as if a tear (unwonted guest) were gathering in his dry and glazened eye.

2. Not made familiar by practice; unused or unaccustomed to something. Used (a) predicatively with to, or elliptically, and (b) attributively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed

unused1297

insolent?a1505

uncustomed?1520

unwont1552

unured1566

unwonteda1586

unhardened1600

unseasoned1608

unaccustomed1611

unconversanta1674

uninureda1708

unhackneyed1760

unfamiliarized1775

unhabituated1796

unhabituate1815

(a)

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V5^v Philoclea..tenderly moued her feete, vnwonted to feele the naked ground.

1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks iii. 99 The Fishes..Float dead..to the shore: Sea-calves unwonted to fresh rivers fly.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A child unwonted to strangers.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 51 Boys unwonted to the tasks of war.

(b)1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 735 So He; then Juno,..smiling still, from his unwonted hand Received the goblet.1822 H. H. Milman Martyr of Antioch 108 Are not these chambers thine, That with their splendour load my unwonted eyes?

3. Going beyond ordinary limits. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > that goes beyond ordinary limits

unwonted1642

transgressional1690

impayable1818

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 11 If I shall be large, or un~wonted in justifying my selfe to those who know me not.

Derivatives

unˈwontedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness

unusualness1579

unusednessa1586

unwontedness1591

insolency?1612

insolencea1631

uncommonness1705

unfamiliarity1755

unusuality1799

out-of-the-wayness1800

unaccustomedness1866

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unaccustomedness to something

insolence?a1475

disuse1570

unwontedness1591

unaccustomedness1611

1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 7^v Let..the vnwontednes of the miracle plead her pardon.

a1652 R. Brome Mad Couple Well Match'd ii. i. sig. D^v, in Five New Playes (1653) I confesse it is (by reason of my unwontednesse to it) some difficulty for me.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 251 We encountred two horrid Shapes both for Grandeur and Unwontedness.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner iv. 69 A too bewildering dreamy sense of unwontedness in his position.

1895 Daily News 7 Nov. 5/3 A girdle of rubies which may have given a faint shock of unwontedness to the experience of even a Vanderbilt bride.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unwonted
释义	unwontedadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwəʊntᵻd/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɒntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɔn(t)əd/, /ˌənˈwɑn(t)əd/, /ˌənˈwoʊn(t)əd/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2. Compare unwont adj. 1. a. Not wonted, usual, or habitual; not commonly heard, seen, practised, etc.; infrequent.In very frequent use from c1810. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > unusual or unwonted uncustomable1387 unwonea1400 unwontc1400 unwonedc1455 inconsuete?a1475 insolite1490 unused1513 unaccustomed1526 inusitate1546 unordinary1547 uncustomed1552 unwonted1553 insolent1581 unusual1582 unaccustomable1584 unquainted1587 wontless1587 untrafficked1596 diswonted1600 inordinary1606 inusual1609 invulgar1610 uncommon1611 uncustomary1650 uncommonplace1873 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 177^v They put the Macedons in terrour, troublyng with their vnwonted crye. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. §1 Old and vnwonted words. 1580 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique (new ed.) 197 His maister marueilyng..at suche an vnwonted [1553 vnwonte] kindnesse. 1611 B. Jonson Catiline i. sig. C^v A strange, vnwonted horror doth inuade me. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Glanvill Philos. Considerations Witches 5 Epocha's made of those unwonted events. 1713 N. Rowe Jane Shore i. ii Man..Shall pity thee, and with unwonted Goodness, Forget thy Failings. 1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Epodes v. 88 Soon the Wretch my Wrath shall prove, By Spells unwonted taught to love. 1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto ii It is not seemly for me to hold farther converse with a man at this unwonted hour. 1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. xxi. 154 His own menials with dismay Beheld..the griesly sire, In this unwonted wild attire. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vii. 105 Difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xix. 428 The constant expectation of some new Prophet appearing in the most secluded or unwonted situation. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) IV. 291 Those who survived kept up life on strange and unwonted food. b. Not wont to appear; rarely seen. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] seld1398 seldom1483 rare1565 secular1599 unfrequent1611 straggling1618 infrequent1622 unobvious1643 far-between1743 rarish1772 unwonted1785 sporadic1842 low frequency1946 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 301 Spring..calls the unwonted villager abroad With all her little ones. 1825 W. Scott Talisman v, in Tales Crusaders IV. 91 It seemed as if a tear (unwonted guest) were gathering in his dry and glazened eye. 2. Not made familiar by practice; unused or unaccustomed to something. Used (a) predicatively with to, or elliptically, and (b) attributively. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed unused1297 insolent?a1505 uncustomed?1520 unwont1552 unured1566 unwonteda1586 unhardened1600 unseasoned1608 unaccustomed1611 unconversanta1674 uninureda1708 unhackneyed1760 unfamiliarized1775 unhabituated1796 unhabituate1815 (a) a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V5^v Philoclea..tenderly moued her feete, vnwonted to feele the naked ground. 1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks iii. 99 The Fishes..Float dead..to the shore: Sea-calves unwonted to fresh rivers fly. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A child unwonted to strangers. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 51 Boys unwonted to the tasks of war. (b)1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 735 So He; then Juno,..smiling still, from his unwonted hand Received the goblet.1822 H. H. Milman Martyr of Antioch 108 Are not these chambers thine, That with their splendour load my unwonted eyes? 3. Going beyond ordinary limits. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > that goes beyond ordinary limits unwonted1642 transgressional1690 impayable1818 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 11 If I shall be large, or un~wonted in justifying my selfe to those who know me not. Derivatives unˈwontedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness unusualness1579 unusednessa1586 unwontedness1591 insolency?1612 insolencea1631 uncommonness1705 unfamiliarity1755 unusuality1799 out-of-the-wayness1800 unaccustomedness1866 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unaccustomedness to something insolence?a1475 disuse1570 unwontedness1591 unaccustomedness1611 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 7^v Let..the vnwontednes of the miracle plead her pardon. a1652 R. Brome Mad Couple Well Match'd ii. i. sig. D^v, in Five New Playes (1653) I confesse it is (by reason of my unwontednesse to it) some difficulty for me. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 251 We encountred two horrid Shapes both for Grandeur and Unwontedness. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner iv. 69 A too bewildering dreamy sense of unwontedness in his position. 1895 Daily News 7 Nov. 5/3 A girdle of rubies which may have given a faint shock of unwontedness to the experience of even a Vanderbilt bride. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1553
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