单词 | unplight |
释义 | † unplightn. 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. 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). < n.a1425v.?c1400 |
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