unrestlessadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛs(t)ləs/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛs(t)ləs/ 1. Restless; ill at ease; agitated. Now rare (chiefly U.S. regional in later use).
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the world > movement > restlessness > [adjective]
unrolessc1225
rolessa1350
unrestfulc1384
unquieta1398
unrestless1513
remuant1625
unstill1743
wanrestful1786
untranquil1817
unquiescent1830
skittery1941
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. x. 13 The onrestles fey spreit..Of this wnhappy Phenician Dido.
1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots i. ix. 65 The Members unrestless humour forced the King to dissolve the Parliament.
1682 tr. Valentine & Orson (new ed.) ii. 6 If Lady, you refuse me, & cast me off, denying these my unrestless thoughts.
1835 C. Gilman Recoll. Southern Matron vi, in Southern Rose 5 Sept. 1/3 Will mistress please to medjure out some calomel for Syphax, who is feverish and onrestless?
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) He's had a varry unrestless neet.
1900 N. Lloyd Chronic Loafer iii. 32 He was onrastless. He was onhappy.
1962 C. Richter Simple Honorable Man xv. 215 Valley people liked to..put their own stamp on a word or saying. Some of their babies got ‘amonia’ and were ‘so unrestless’.
1969 Folklore 80 187 There's nothing worser nor an unrestless spirit for bringing trouble to them what's to blame for it.
2010 Sun (Nexis) 14 Sept. 11 The Southampton fans are getting unrestless.
2. Not restless; calm, peaceful.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective]
eveneOE
still1340
unperturbeda1450
unmovedc1480
quietful1494
lowna1500
calma1568
calmya1586
unpassionatea1586
smartless1593
reposeful1594
dispassionate1595
recollected1595
unaffectedc1595
unpassioned?1605
unpassionated1611
collecteda1616
tranquila1616
untouched1616
impassionate1621
composed1628
dispassioneda1631
tranquillous1638
slow1639
serene1640
dispassionated1647
imperturbed1652
unruffled1654
reposing1655
equanimous1656
perplacid1660
placate1662
equal1680
collect1682
cooled1682
posed1693
sedate1693
impassive1699
uninflamed1714
unexcited1735
unalarmed1756
unfanned1764
unagitated1772
undistraught1773
recollected1792
equable1796
unfussy1823
take-it-easy1825
unflurried1854
cool1855
comfortable1856
disimpassioned1860
tremorless1869
unpressured1879
unrippled1883
ice-cool1891
unrattled1891
Zen-likea1908
unrestless1919
steadyish1924
ataractic1941
relaxed1958
nonplussed1960
loose1968
Zenned-out1968
downtempo1972
mellowed1977
de-stressed1999
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > calm (of weather, climate, or the elements)
smoltc950
lithec1275
still1390
smoothc1402
peaceablec1425
calmc1440
serenousc1440
lownc1485
stormlessc1500
serene1508
calm-winded1577
unwindy1580
calmy1587
sleek1603
halcedonian1611
pacific1633
settled1717
unstormy1823
untempested1846
placable1858
untempestuous1864
unrestless1919
1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 109 The milky-fleshed, not highly sensitized, pinkly clean creature..that morning had risen sweet from eleven hours of unrestless sleep.
1964 D. Bates Longing for Quails 116 In the clear, untroubled day, the sea unrestless and the earth back to its usual calm immobility, it was difficult for them to sustain the mood and the uncertainty.
2001 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Arts & Entertainment section) 87 In an age where it is acceptable for people to leapfrog from position to position, I am very unrestless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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