† unseasonn.
Obsolete. rare.
in unseason, out of season.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb]
in (earlier on) untimec897
untimelyc1200
out of timea1325
in unseasona1400
importunelyc1425
in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490
importunatelya1492
at ungaina1500
untimeously1513
intempestively1548
out of season1548
timeless1586
unseasonably1586
inopportunely1609
unseasonablea1634
unopportunely1651
timelessly1673
unseasonally1941
a1400–50 Alexander 4439 Ȝoure sowping in vnseson, ȝoure surfete of drinkis.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
unseasonv.
transitive. To deprive of seasoning or relish. In quots. figurative.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > make unpleasant
disrelish1548
unseason1590
distaste1609
unsweeten1611
uncharm1835
1590 E. Spenser Let. to Sir W. Raleigh in Faerie Queene sig. Qq4 Why doe I send this rusticke Madrigale, That may thy tunefull eare vnseason quite?
1606 No-body & Some-body sig. D4v The remembrance that I was a King, Vnseasons the Content of pouertie.
1728 L. Theobald Double Falshood i. ii What Fortune soever my Going shall encounter, cannot be good Fortune; What I part withal unseasons any other Goodness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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