unsteadyadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdi/, U.S.

/ˌənˈstɛdi/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare Old Frisian un-, onstedich, Middle Low German unstedich, Middle High German unstætec (German unstätig); Middle Dutch onstadich, Low German unstadig; etc.

1. Not steady in position; not firm or secure; not held or kept steady.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering > unstable

unstable1390

unsteadfasta1400

tickle1515

unstayed1594

unsteady1598

shittle1601

firmless1605

flitty1642

totty1652

shuttlec1682

unfirm1697

wankly1795

wankya1825

cockery1825

wobbly1833

tottlish1835

earthquaky1837

tottling1849

shaky1850

cockly1859

unsteadied1865

shoggy1866

wankle1869

wibblety-wobblety1877

cockerty1895

tipsy1895

rocky1900

wibbly-wobbly1901

tottly1905

topply1913

wibbly1914

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Insollare, to make loose or vnsteadie.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 440 Some there bee, who..advise their patients to wash their unsteedie teeth with the said infusion.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 258 Walking to and fro on the vnsteddy legges of Dis-rest.

1703 D. Defoe Hymn to Pillory 6 The States-men..Who guide us with unsteady hand.

1743 R. Blair Grave 13 The Busto moulders, and the deep-cut Marble, Unsteady to the Steel, gives up its Charge.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xii. 240 He glanced at some passages of the letters with an unsteady eye and an agitated mind.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel ii. 42 Christabel in dizzy trance, Stumbling on the unsteady ground.

1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason vi. 110 On their quest [they]..began to plough The unsteady plain.

in extended use.1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay v. 78 Her voice was unsteady, and Glynn noticed that she was trembling.

2. Not steady or constant in respect of conduct or purpose; fluctuating, fickle, wavering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective]

unfastc888

unstathelfasteOE

unsteadfasta1200

fleeting?c1225

changeablea1275

ficklea1275

unstablec1290

waveringc1315

flickerc1325

loose in the haftc1325

motleyc1380

unsadc1384

variablea1387

variantc1386

ticklec1400

inconstant1402

flitting1413

brittle1420

plianta1425

mutablec1425

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

moonishc1450

unconstant1483

unfirm1483

varying?a1500

pliablea1513

fluctuant1575

changeling1577

shittle-headed1580

cheverel1583

off and on1583

chameleon-like1589

changeful1590

limber1602

unsteady1604

ticklish1606

skittish1609

startling1619

labile1623

uncertaina1625

cheverelized1625

remuant1625

fluctuate1631

fluctuary1632

various1636

contrarious1643

epileptical1646

fluxilea1654

shittle-braineda1655

multivolent1656

totter-headed1662

on and off1668

self-inconsistent1678

weathercocka1680

whifflinga1680

versatile1682

veering1684

fast and loose1697

inconsistent1709

insteadfast1728

unfixing1810

unsteadied1814

chameleonic1821

labefact1874

ballastless1884

weathercocky1886

whiffle-minded1902

1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. X2^v Men of light and vnsteadie braines, haue commonly sudden and sharpe conceites.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) v. 75 Our unsteady phantasies Would question whether we yet livd or no.

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. a3^v I could not imagine which way what I lay down in my Book..should in this unsteady Age ever come to be put into Practice.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 22 So fluctuating and unsteady a testimony is the Applause of Popular Councils.

1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §22. 29 The violent Humors, and unsteddy opposite Wills of a multitude of Savages.

a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1774) III. 16 The tyranny of evil habits, and the easy descent from an unsteddy virtue to those habits.

a1821 J. Keats Otho i. i, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 115 You have intrigued with these unsteady times To admiration.

1849 J. A. Froude Nemesis of Faith 136 Unsteady minds began to grow uneasy.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. i. v. 84 Let naught, howe'er it sound, make thee unsteady!

absolute.1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch Prelim. p. vii The unsteady may take a hint concerning what it is possible for one of..a stout heart to go through with.1872 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 245 Waiting always on the unsteady, unsteadies even the sense of principle.

3. Marked or characterized by absence of steadiness or regularity; not regular, even, or uniform.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective]

sunderlyeOE

manifoldeOE

selcoutha1000

felefoldc1000

mislichOE

alkinOE

manykinOE

fele-kync1175

serekina1300

sundera1325

sundrya1325

serea1340

divers1340

varyingc1340

variantc1380

muchfoldc1384

serelepesa1400

serelepya1400

multifaryc1460

sundryfoldc1460

multiplicate?a1475

variable?a1475

sundrilyc1480

diversea1542

particoloured1591

multifarious1593

Protean1594

daedal1596

choiceful1605

Daedalian1605

multiplex1606

variated1608

diversified1611

multiplicious1617

variousa1634

multivarious1636

mosaic1644

multiple1647

omnigenous1650

chequered1656

plurifarious1656

ununiform1660

variate1677

disuniform1687

Proteusian1689

unsteady1690

unequable1693

inequable1721

variegating1727

varied1733

multitudinous1744

multifold1806

polygeneous1818

unequalized1822

ruleless1836

varicoloured185.

non-uniform1856

omnigener1857

polytypic1858

multiferous1860

variatious1871

variegated1872

polytypical1890

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xiv. 90 If the Motion of the Sun, were as unequal as of a Ship driven by unsteady Winds.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. ii. 15 The unsteady uses of words which have perplexed the clearest and most exalted understandings.

1798 R. Southey Henry the Hermit 58 The lamp that stream'd a long unsteady light.

?1821 W. C. Bryant Winter Piece 4 When the unsteady pulse Beat with strange flutterings.

1862 A. Meadows Man. Midwifery 186 Unsteady gait; when the woman walks the chest is held back.

1884 Truth 13 Mar. 372 The badness of the road is aggravated by unsteady driving, and a defective type of rolling stock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

unsteadyv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdi/, U.S.

/ˌənˈstɛdi/

Etymology: un- prefix² 1d(c).

transitive. To deprive of steadiness; to render unsteady.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)]

abobc1330

confusec1350

confoundc1374

cumbera1375

passc1384

maskerc1400

mopc1425

enose1430

manga1450

overmusec1460

perplex1477

maze1482

enmuse1502

ruffle?a1505

unsteady1532

entangle1540

duddle1548

intricate1548

distraught1579

distract1582

mizzle1583

moider1587

amuse1595

mist1598

bepuzzle1599

gravel1601

plunder1601

puzzle1603

intrigue1612

vexa1613

metagrobolize?a1616

befumea1618

fuddle1617

crucify1621

bumfiddlea1625

implicate1625

giddify1628

wilder1642

buzzlea1644

empuzzle1646

dunce1649

addle1652

meander1652

emberlucock1653

flounder1654

study1654

disorient1655

embarrass?1656

essome1660

embrangle1664

jumble1668

dunt1672

muse1673

clutter1685

emblustricate1693

fluster1720

disorientate1728

obfuscate1729

fickle1736

flustrate1797

unharmonize1797

mystify1806

maffle1811

boggle1835

unballast1836

stomber1841

throw1844

serpentine1850

unbalance1856

tickle1865

fog1872

bumfuzzle1878

wander1897

to put off1909

defeat1914

dither1919

befuddle1926

ungear1931

to screw up1941

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > cause to move unsteadily [verb (transitive)]

unsteady1646

yaw1746

1532 R. Copland in W. Walter tr. G. Boccaccio Guystarde & Sygysmonde Prol. sig. A.ij The wretched lyfe of osyosyte..Unstedyeth the wyt.

1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 122 How doth hee unsteddy our steps, and intimidate us, by putting scruples in our wayes.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xliv. 176 Unless the shock..(by unsteadying my hand) shall divert my aim from his head.

1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 540/1 Shots, shells, grape,..could not unsteady the step..of the.. infantry.

1872 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 245 Waiting always on the unsteady, unsteadies even the sense of principle.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. ii. 15 I was quite unsteadied by all that had fallen out.

Derivatives

unˈsteadying adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective] > causing

unrestfulc1384

uneasy1483

uneaseful1515

unquiet1534

turmoiling?1550

perturbing1559

disquieting1576

disturbing1594

uncomfortable1599

tumultuous1604

disturbanta1617

disquietous1619

perturbatious1630

ugly1645

discomposing1663

unsettling1665

disquietfula1677

disordering1744

disconcerting?1749

pothering1817

disturbative1842

unsteadying1865

upsetting1872

shattering1924

off-putting1935

neuralgic1977

1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 174 A point whence the appearance of an unusual amount of unsteadying thought may be dated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unsteady
释义	unsteadyadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdi/, U.S. /ˌənˈstɛdi/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare Old Frisian un-, onstedich, Middle Low German unstedich, Middle High German unstætec (German unstätig); Middle Dutch onstadich, Low German unstadig; etc. 1. Not steady in position; not firm or secure; not held or kept steady. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering > unstable unstable1390 unsteadfasta1400 tickle1515 unstayed1594 unsteady1598 shittle1601 firmless1605 flitty1642 totty1652 shuttlec1682 unfirm1697 wankly1795 wankya1825 cockery1825 wobbly1833 tottlish1835 earthquaky1837 tottling1849 shaky1850 cockly1859 unsteadied1865 shoggy1866 wankle1869 wibblety-wobblety1877 cockerty1895 tipsy1895 rocky1900 wibbly-wobbly1901 tottly1905 topply1913 wibbly1914 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Insollare, to make loose or vnsteadie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 440 Some there bee, who..advise their patients to wash their unsteedie teeth with the said infusion. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 258 Walking to and fro on the vnsteddy legges of Dis-rest. 1703 D. Defoe Hymn to Pillory 6 The States-men..Who guide us with unsteady hand. 1743 R. Blair Grave 13 The Busto moulders, and the deep-cut Marble, Unsteady to the Steel, gives up its Charge. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xii. 240 He glanced at some passages of the letters with an unsteady eye and an agitated mind. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel ii. 42 Christabel in dizzy trance, Stumbling on the unsteady ground. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason vi. 110 On their quest [they]..began to plough The unsteady plain. in extended use.1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay v. 78 Her voice was unsteady, and Glynn noticed that she was trembling. 2. Not steady or constant in respect of conduct or purpose; fluctuating, fickle, wavering. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] unfastc888 unstathelfasteOE unsteadfasta1200 fleeting?c1225 changeablea1275 ficklea1275 unstablec1290 waveringc1315 flickerc1325 loose in the haftc1325 motleyc1380 unsadc1384 variablea1387 variantc1386 ticklec1400 inconstant1402 flitting1413 brittle1420 plianta1425 mutablec1425 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 moonishc1450 unconstant1483 unfirm1483 varying?a1500 pliablea1513 fluctuant1575 changeling1577 shittle-headed1580 cheverel1583 off and on1583 chameleon-like1589 changeful1590 limber1602 unsteady1604 ticklish1606 skittish1609 startling1619 labile1623 uncertaina1625 cheverelized1625 remuant1625 fluctuate1631 fluctuary1632 various1636 contrarious1643 epileptical1646 fluxilea1654 shittle-braineda1655 multivolent1656 totter-headed1662 on and off1668 self-inconsistent1678 weathercocka1680 whifflinga1680 versatile1682 veering1684 fast and loose1697 inconsistent1709 insteadfast1728 unfixing1810 unsteadied1814 chameleonic1821 labefact1874 ballastless1884 weathercocky1886 whiffle-minded1902 1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. X2^v Men of light and vnsteadie braines, haue commonly sudden and sharpe conceites. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) v. 75 Our unsteady phantasies Would question whether we yet livd or no. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. a3^v I could not imagine which way what I lay down in my Book..should in this unsteady Age ever come to be put into Practice. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 22 So fluctuating and unsteady a testimony is the Applause of Popular Councils. 1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §22. 29 The violent Humors, and unsteddy opposite Wills of a multitude of Savages. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1774) III. 16 The tyranny of evil habits, and the easy descent from an unsteddy virtue to those habits. a1821 J. Keats Otho i. i, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 115 You have intrigued with these unsteady times To admiration. 1849 J. A. Froude Nemesis of Faith 136 Unsteady minds began to grow uneasy. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. i. v. 84 Let naught, howe'er it sound, make thee unsteady! absolute.1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch Prelim. p. vii The unsteady may take a hint concerning what it is possible for one of..a stout heart to go through with.1872 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 245 Waiting always on the unsteady, unsteadies even the sense of principle. 3. Marked or characterized by absence of steadiness or regularity; not regular, even, or uniform. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] sunderlyeOE manifoldeOE selcoutha1000 felefoldc1000 mislichOE alkinOE manykinOE fele-kync1175 serekina1300 sundera1325 sundrya1325 serea1340 divers1340 varyingc1340 variantc1380 muchfoldc1384 serelepesa1400 serelepya1400 multifaryc1460 sundryfoldc1460 multiplicate?a1475 variable?a1475 sundrilyc1480 diversea1542 particoloured1591 multifarious1593 Protean1594 daedal1596 choiceful1605 Daedalian1605 multiplex1606 variated1608 diversified1611 multiplicious1617 variousa1634 multivarious1636 mosaic1644 multiple1647 omnigenous1650 chequered1656 plurifarious1656 ununiform1660 variate1677 disuniform1687 Proteusian1689 unsteady1690 unequable1693 inequable1721 variegating1727 varied1733 multitudinous1744 multifold1806 polygeneous1818 unequalized1822 ruleless1836 varicoloured185. non-uniform1856 omnigener1857 polytypic1858 multiferous1860 variatious1871 variegated1872 polytypical1890 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xiv. 90 If the Motion of the Sun, were as unequal as of a Ship driven by unsteady Winds. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. ii. 15 The unsteady uses of words which have perplexed the clearest and most exalted understandings. 1798 R. Southey Henry the Hermit 58 The lamp that stream'd a long unsteady light. ?1821 W. C. Bryant Winter Piece 4 When the unsteady pulse Beat with strange flutterings. 1862 A. Meadows Man. Midwifery 186 Unsteady gait; when the woman walks the chest is held back. 1884 Truth 13 Mar. 372 The badness of the road is aggravated by unsteady driving, and a defective type of rolling stock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unsteadyv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdi/, U.S. /ˌənˈstɛdi/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1d(c). transitive. To deprive of steadiness; to render unsteady. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] abobc1330 confusec1350 confoundc1374 cumbera1375 passc1384 maskerc1400 mopc1425 enose1430 manga1450 overmusec1460 perplex1477 maze1482 enmuse1502 ruffle?a1505 unsteady1532 entangle1540 duddle1548 intricate1548 distraught1579 distract1582 mizzle1583 moider1587 amuse1595 mist1598 bepuzzle1599 gravel1601 plunder1601 puzzle1603 intrigue1612 vexa1613 metagrobolize?a1616 befumea1618 fuddle1617 crucify1621 bumfiddlea1625 implicate1625 giddify1628 wilder1642 buzzlea1644 empuzzle1646 dunce1649 addle1652 meander1652 emberlucock1653 flounder1654 study1654 disorient1655 embarrass?1656 essome1660 embrangle1664 jumble1668 dunt1672 muse1673 clutter1685 emblustricate1693 fluster1720 disorientate1728 obfuscate1729 fickle1736 flustrate1797 unharmonize1797 mystify1806 maffle1811 boggle1835 unballast1836 stomber1841 throw1844 serpentine1850 unbalance1856 tickle1865 fog1872 bumfuzzle1878 wander1897 to put off1909 defeat1914 dither1919 befuddle1926 ungear1931 to screw up1941 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > cause to move unsteadily [verb (transitive)] unsteady1646 yaw1746 1532 R. Copland in W. Walter tr. G. Boccaccio Guystarde & Sygysmonde Prol. sig. A.ij The wretched lyfe of osyosyte..Unstedyeth the wyt. 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 122 How doth hee unsteddy our steps, and intimidate us, by putting scruples in our wayes. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xliv. 176 Unless the shock..(by unsteadying my hand) shall divert my aim from his head. 1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 540/1 Shots, shells, grape,..could not unsteady the step..of the.. infantry. 1872 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 245 Waiting always on the unsteady, unsteadies even the sense of principle. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. ii. 15 I was quite unsteadied by all that had fallen out. Derivatives unˈsteadying adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective] > causing unrestfulc1384 uneasy1483 uneaseful1515 unquiet1534 turmoiling?1550 perturbing1559 disquieting1576 disturbing1594 uncomfortable1599 tumultuous1604 disturbanta1617 disquietous1619 perturbatious1630 ugly1645 discomposing1663 unsettling1665 disquietfula1677 disordering1744 disconcerting?1749 pothering1817 disturbative1842 unsteadying1865 upsetting1872 shattering1924 off-putting1935 neuralgic1977 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 174 A point whence the appearance of an unusual amount of unsteadying thought may be dated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1598v.1532
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