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单词 unplight
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unplightn.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and plight n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, plight n.2
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + plight n.2
Obsolete.
1. Danger, harm; (perhaps) blameworthiness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun]
plighteOE
hauhtc1200
peril?c1225
wothea1300
werea1325
jeopardyc1374
menacea1400
thronga1400
jeopardc1400
unplighta1425
dangering1488
danger1490
periclitation1527
trance1588
apperila1616
periclitancy1650
imperilment1843
a1425 (c1300) Assumption of Virgin (BL Add.) (1901) l. 194 Ȝif I any þinge haue mys wrouȝt,..I it wole amende with my myȝt, That my soule haue no vnplyȝt.
2. English regional (Yorkshire). A state of disorder.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder
feery-fary1535
puddle1587
bauchle1600
vertigo1702
whemmel1817
mull1821
mix-up1841
scrimmage1852
embroilment1856
hash-up1860
brangle1865
mucker1867
unplight1876
car wreck1877
mix1882
mess-up1902
stirabout1905
pot mess1914
boorach1928
balls-up1929
muck-up1930
balls1938
box1941
Chinese fire drill1943
snafu1943
foul-up1944
screw-up1950
snarl-up1960
tiswas1960
bumble-bath1965
clusterfuck1969
headfuck1983
car crash1992
katogo1994
dumpster fire2008
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Unplight, ‘They caught me in an unplight’, in a disorderly condition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

unplightv.

Forms: see un- prefix2 and plight v.2
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix2, plight v.2
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + plight v.2, originally after classical Latin explicāre (see explicate v.).
Obsolete.
transitive. To unfold, open. Also figurative: to make plain, make sense of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > evolve or develop
unplight?c1400
develop1752
evolve1805
to bring up1823
evolute1874
the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > unfurl or unfold
unfoldc890
untrenda1272
displayc1330
splayc1330
unplyc1330
outrolla1393
unlapa1400
unplight?c1400
unrollc1425
deploy1477
to shake outc1550
explicate1562
disvelop1592
unfurl1641
develop1656
unwrap1807
unshroud1846
to roll out1849
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) v. met. iv. l. 4843 Yif þe þriuyng soule ne vnplitiþ [L. explicat] no þing. þat is to sein ne doþ[e] no þing by hys propre moeuynges.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 164 The scripture j vndide and vnplytede it and redde it.
1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxxviv There was delyuerd to hym ye booke of Isaie ye Prophete, and as he vnplyght the booke, he founde the place [etc.].
1631 P. Fletcher Sicelides iv. vi. sig. H4v Wee neither yeeld, nor take in loue delight, Vntill our girdle first be once vnplight By louers hands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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