unprettyadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈprɪti/, U.S.

/ˌənˈprɪdi/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and pretty adj., n., and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, pretty adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + pretty adj.

Not pretty; unglamorous. Frequently in not unpretty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective]

unfairc888

unhonestc1384

unlovesomec1390

uncomelya1400

unfreelya1400

unlovelyc1400

unbeautiful1495

beautiless1531

unpretty1562

unhandsomea1586

loveless1601

featureless1609

invenust1623

unhighted?1630

unbeauteousa1660

plain1675

wanliesum1818

unbonny1830

ordinary1847

plainish1856

unsonsy1894

1562 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Poyntes Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. 27 Some knacke not vnprettie, of huswifrie nettie, how huswives should iettie from morning to night.

1682 E. Meredith Some Remarques upon Julian the Apostate 31 A trick he has..for the bringing in Popery in a peaceable way..: that I must confess would be something new, and not unpretty.

1727 E. Boyd Variety: a Poem ii. 58 How rude looks Study, oh! how much unpretty.

1782 F. Burney Let. 15 Oct. in Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 155 His English is blundering, but not unpretty.

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 40 Too refined for the youths of her own station, and too unpretty to attract those above her.

1864 S. B. Warner Old Helmet II. xviii. 305 It was long and low, with a high picturesque thatched roof, and the walls fancifully wrought in a pattern, making a not unpretty appearance.

1919 M. H. Foote Ground-swell iv. 73 Her strange little face, that no portrait has preserved, so unregular, unpretty, but so fascinating.

1980 J. Lees-Milne Diary 17 Aug. in Deep Romantic Chasm (2003) 106 Billa took us to see extraordinary garden... Not unpretty but too many grottos, follies, and busts.

2006 Independent on Sunday 19 Nov. 28 A nondescript side street of an unpretty north-west London suburb.

Derivatives

unˈprettily adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adverb]

unlovesomec1390

uncomelily1658

unprettily1845

unbeautifully1847

1845 Amer. Rev. & Whig Jrnl. Jan. 74/1 Many things are..carelessly said—some unprettily said.

1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris ii. vi. 157 She mouthed her food unprettily.

1995 Times 28 Apr. 17/3 He fished for sticklebacks in the unprettily named River Irk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unpretty
释义	unprettyadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈprɪti/, U.S. /ˌənˈprɪdi/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and pretty adj., n., and int. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, pretty adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + pretty adj. Not pretty; unglamorous. Frequently in not unpretty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] unfairc888 unhonestc1384 unlovesomec1390 uncomelya1400 unfreelya1400 unlovelyc1400 unbeautiful1495 beautiless1531 unpretty1562 unhandsomea1586 loveless1601 featureless1609 invenust1623 unhighted?1630 unbeauteousa1660 plain1675 wanliesum1818 unbonny1830 ordinary1847 plainish1856 unsonsy1894 1562 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Poyntes Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. 27 Some knacke not vnprettie, of huswifrie nettie, how huswives should iettie from morning to night. 1682 E. Meredith Some Remarques upon Julian the Apostate 31 A trick he has..for the bringing in Popery in a peaceable way..: that I must confess would be something new, and not unpretty. 1727 E. Boyd Variety: a Poem ii. 58 How rude looks Study, oh! how much unpretty. 1782 F. Burney Let. 15 Oct. in Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 155 His English is blundering, but not unpretty. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 40 Too refined for the youths of her own station, and too unpretty to attract those above her. 1864 S. B. Warner Old Helmet II. xviii. 305 It was long and low, with a high picturesque thatched roof, and the walls fancifully wrought in a pattern, making a not unpretty appearance. 1919 M. H. Foote Ground-swell iv. 73 Her strange little face, that no portrait has preserved, so unregular, unpretty, but so fascinating. 1980 J. Lees-Milne Diary 17 Aug. in Deep Romantic Chasm (2003) 106 Billa took us to see extraordinary garden... Not unpretty but too many grottos, follies, and busts. 2006 Independent on Sunday 19 Nov. 28 A nondescript side street of an unpretty north-west London suburb. Derivatives unˈprettily adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adverb] unlovesomec1390 uncomelily1658 unprettily1845 unbeautifully1847 1845 Amer. Rev. & Whig Jrnl. Jan. 74/1 Many things are..carelessly said—some unprettily said. 1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris ii. vi. 157 She mouthed her food unprettily. 1995 Times 28 Apr. 17/3 He fished for sticklebacks in the unprettily named River Irk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1562
随便看	to eat short to eat snakes to eat stick to eat the air to eat the clock to eat the dog food to eat the fat of the land to eat the fruit of one's own doings to eat the good of the land to eat the green weenie to eat the ground bare to eat the leek to eat toads to eat toot to eat tutu to eat up to eat up one's heart to eat well to ebb and flow to edge in to edge the teeth to edit in to edit out to eff and blind to effect a settlement