† unwrastadj.n.
Obsolete.
1. Of a poor, worthless, or vile quality or condition; sorry, miserable; of little account:
a. Of persons.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible
unworthc893
unwrastc893
littleOE
narrow-hearteda1200
wretcha1200
unworthya1240
wretchedc1250
un-i-wrastc1275
bad1276
lechera1300
feeblea1325
despisablea1340
villain1340
contemptiblec1384
lousyc1386
caitiff1393
brothelyc1400
roinousa1425
poor1425
sevenpennyc1475
nasty1477
peakish1519
filthy1533
despectuous1541
beggary1542
scald1542
shitten?1545
disdainfula1547
contemptuous1549
despicable1553
skit-brained?1553
contemniblea1555
vile1560
sluttish1561
queer1567
scornful1570
scallardc1575
tinkerly?1576
worthless1576
beggarly?1577
paltry1578
halfpenny1579
dog bolt1580
pitiful1582
sneaking1582
triobolar1585
wormisha1586
baddy1586
dudgeon1592
measled1596
packstaff1598
roguey1598
roguish1601
contemptful1608
grovelling1608
lightly1608
disdainable1611
purulent1611
snotty-nose1622
vilipendious1630
cittern-headed1638
wormy1640
pissabed1643
triobolary1644
disparageable1648
blue-bellied1652
unestimable1656
scullion1658
piteous1667
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
snotty1681
snotty-nosed1682
mucky1683
bollocky1694
scoundrel1700
scaldeda1704
sneaking1703
ficulnean1716
unsolid1731
pitiable1753
scrubby1754
inimitable1798
scrubbish1798
worm-likea1807
small1824
lowlife1827
ketty1828
skunkish1831
yellow-bellied1833
scaly1843
cockroachya1845
wutless1853
nigger1859
trashy1862
low-down1872
cruddy1877
shitty1879
tinhorn1886
blithering1889
motherfucking1890
snidey1890
pilgarlicky1894
shitass1895
shoddy1918
yah boo1921
bitching1929
shit-faced1932
turdish1936
fricking1937
jerk-off1937
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
snot-nosed1941
jerky1944
mother-loving1948
scroungy1948
fecking1952
pissant1952
shit-kicking1953
shit-eating1956
bumboclaat1957
rassclaat1957
shit-headed1959
farkakte1960
shithouse1966
daggy1967
dipshit1968
scuzzy1969
bloodclaat1971
bitch ass1972
wanky1972
streelish1974
twatty1975
twattish1976
dweeby1988
douchey1991
wank1991
cockish1996
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. i. §5 Hi Læcedemonie..to þon gedydon þæt hi hi selfe leton ægþer ge for heane ge for un~wræste.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 Vnwreste þu best ȝef þu wreche ne secst hwanne þu time siest.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1260 Hwet nu, unwreste men & wacre þen eni wake!
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13201 Cuðeð eower kinge. [Bruttus beoþ bolde] ac heo beoð unwræste [c1300 Otho onwreast] italde.
c1350 Lybeaus Disc. 2118 The menstrales..Hadde ryche yftes wythalle, And they that weryn unwrest.
b. Of things.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > wretched thing > [adjective]
litherc1000
unornlyOE
unwrasta1122
unornc1175
lewd1362
rascal1519
rascally1600
ratty1867
a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1052 And gewendon heom on an to Ealdulfes næse, & wearð him þær on anon unwræste scipe.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 Ful mai þe þinke, þat forcuðer haueð faire weden and þu unwreste.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8138 Þenne þat hæfd is unwræst [c1300 Otho onwrest] þe hælp is þæ wurse.
c1300 Havelock 2821 Him to binden faste Vp-on an asse swiþe un-wraste.
2. absolute and as noun.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 55 Me leueð þet uuel sone. & þunwreste bluðeliche liȝeð on þe gode.c1320 Castle of Love 335 Heo him made a-gulte, þulke vn-wreste, And bi-swikide him.c1330 Arth. & Merl. 6964 (Kölbing) It were ille, Ȝif eueriche vnwrest hadde his wille.
a. Of persons: Addicted to evil, wickedness, or vice; wicked.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil person > [adjective]
unseelyOE
illa1200
unwrast?c1225
wrackc1375
wronga1382
viciousc1386
naughtyc1460
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective]
litherc893
unledeeOE
evil971
missOE
murkOE
unrighteousOE
unseelyOE
un-i-seliOE
unselec1050
wickc1175
foul-itowenc1225
unwrast?c1225
un-i-felec1275
wickedc1275
wrakefula1350
felonousc1374
unquertc1390
unperfect1395
felona1400
wanc1440
meschant?c1450
sinnyc1475
unselc1480
poison?1527
pernicious?1533
scelerous1534
viperous?1548
improbate1596
scelestious1609
scelestic1628
spider-like1655
dark-hearted1656
demonic1796
nineteda1798
sinful1863
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > iniquitous
hinderfulc1200
unwrast?c1225
nefarious1567
infand1608
infandous1645
iniquous1655
iniquitous1726
nefast1849
a1240 Wohunge in Old Eng. Hom. I. 283 And tu..was unwreste folk of world to hoker lahter.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 54 Þenc hu ðe gode holi mon..blescede þe unwreste hond þet hefde i hermed him.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2905 Þys schrewede Sarsyns þat wern ounwraste.
a1400 K. Alis. (W.) 878 What dostow here, unwrast gome?.. He! fyle ateynte horesone! To misdo was ay thy wone.
c1535 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. 349 He..schawis how menn augtht to behaue thaim towart sick as be vnwrast.
b. Of actions, etc.: Characterized by wickedness or evil; iniquitous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]
woughc888
litherc893
frakeda900
sinnyc950
unrighteouseOE
baleOE
manOE
unfeleOE
ungoodc1000
unwrasta1122
illc1175
nithec1175
wickc1175
hinderfulc1200
quedec1275
wickedc1275
wondlichc1275
unkindc1325
badc1330
divers1340
wrakefula1350
felonousc1374
flagitiousc1384
lewdc1386
noughta1387
ungoodly1390
unquertc1390
diverse1393
felona1400
imperfectc1400
unfairc1400
unfinec1400
unblesseda1425
meschant?c1450
naughtyc1460
feculent1471
sinister1474
noughty?1490
ill-deedya1500
pernicious?1533
scelerous1534
naught1536
goodlyc1560
nefarious1567
iron1574
felly1583
paganish1587
improbate1596
malefactious1607
villain1607
infand1608
scelestious1609
illful1613
scelestic1628
inimicitious1641
infandous1645
iniquous1655
improbous1657
malefactory1667
perta1704
iniquitous1726
unracy1782
unredeemed1799
demoralized1800
fetid1805
scarlet1820
gammy1832
nefast1849
disvaluable1942
badass1955
bad-assed1962
a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1131 Gif þær wære hure an unwreste wrenc.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 235 Ac si laȝe sone adiliȝde þurh unwreaste leahtrum.
a1250 Owl & N. 178 Suche wordes beoþ vnwreste.
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 7033 For þisse onwreste [laȝe] al men him hatede.
c1315 Shoreham i. 1581 Þanne aȝte..wyues nauȝt aȝens men Non on-wrestnesse werche, Ac þolye, And nauȝt onwrest op-sechen hy.
13.. Seuyn Sages (W.) 1917 For mine thre unwrast dede.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 9475 Þis foule synne was so vnwrast.
c1400 St. Alexius (Laud 622) 738 Sergeauntz..despised hym fast. Þe wasshyng of her vessel þai cast on hym euerydel, þat was swiþe vnwrast.
3. Untrustworthy, unreliable. Const. of. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective]
slipperc1000
hinderc1200
slidderya1250
covert1340
unwrast1393
slyc1440
slippery1555
fetching1570
shifting1581
as slippery as an eel1601
roundabout1608
corner-creeping1610
shuffling1616
prevaricatory1645
prevaricative1657
sliverly1674
whifflinga1680
sneak-pasty1681
slid1719
evasive1725
shauchling1755
shifty1837
slab-bridged1845
sneaky1861
pussy-footed1893
sidewinding1902
slithery1902
pussyfooting1926
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 313 He were [= would be] vn~wrast of hus worde, þat witnesse is of trewþe.
Derivatives
Obsolete.† unˈwrastness n. Obsolete† unˈwrastship n. Obsolete wickedness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]
woughc888
naughteOE
manOE
evilness1000
fakenOE
witherfulnessc1200
lithera1225
villainy?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
illa1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
iniquity13..
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickednessa1340
malicea1382
unequityc1384
lewdnessa1387
mischiefa1387
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
ungoodlihead1430
wickdomc1440
rudenessc1451
mauvasty1474
unkindliness1488
noughtinessa1500
perversenessa1500
illnessc1500
filthiness?1504
noisomeness1506
naughtiness?1529
noughtihoodc1540
inexcellence1590
improbity1593
flagition1598
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
pravity1620
meschantnessa1630
flagitiousness1692
flagitiosity1727
nefariousness1727
bale-fire1855
ill-conditionedness1866
iniquitousness1870
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun]
woughc888
manOE
evilness1000
evilc1040
un-i-thora1200
witherfulnessc1200
mixshipc1225
quedeship?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
wickedheada1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickc1330
wickednessa1340
quedehead1340
quedeness1340
lewdnessa1387
felona1400
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
wickdomc1440
noughtinessa1500
naughtiness?1529
sinfulness1530
noughtihoodc1540
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
meschantnessa1630
nefariousness1727
devilness1853
c1315On-wrestnesse [see sense 2b].
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]
woughc888
naughteOE
manOE
evilness1000
fakenOE
witherfulnessc1200
lithera1225
villainy?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
illa1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
iniquity13..
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickednessa1340
malicea1382
unequityc1384
lewdnessa1387
mischiefa1387
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
ungoodlihead1430
wickdomc1440
rudenessc1451
mauvasty1474
unkindliness1488
noughtinessa1500
perversenessa1500
illnessc1500
filthiness?1504
noisomeness1506
naughtiness?1529
noughtihoodc1540
inexcellence1590
improbity1593
flagition1598
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
pravity1620
meschantnessa1630
flagitiousness1692
flagitiosity1727
nefariousness1727
bale-fire1855
ill-conditionedness1866
iniquitousness1870
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun]
woughc888
manOE
evilness1000
evilc1040
un-i-thora1200
witherfulnessc1200
mixshipc1225
quedeship?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
wickedheada1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickc1330
wickednessa1340
quedehead1340
quedeness1340
lewdnessa1387
felona1400
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
wickdomc1440
noughtinessa1500
naughtiness?1529
sinfulness1530
noughtihoodc1540
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
meschantnessa1630
nefariousness1727
devilness1853
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 137 Min owune unwrestschipe hit dude.
c1320 Castle of Love 1143 For vre vnwrestschupe here Þe coroune of þornes on his hed he beere.
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