unstilladj.
(un- prefix1 1. Cf. Old English unstille, Old High German unstilli, Middle Low German unstil, obsolete. Dutch onstil.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > restlessness > [adjective]
unrolessc1225
rolessa1350
unrestfulc1384
unquieta1398
unrestless1513
remuant1625
unstill1743
wanrestful1786
untranquil1817
unquiescent1830
skittery1941
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onstil, vnstill, or Disquiet.]
1743 C. Wesley in Jrnl. (1805) I. 247 Some very unstil sisters, who always..tried who could cry loudest.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 184 A maid undressing an unstil child.
1903 R. Kipling in Windsor Mag. Sept. 363/1 She never kept still. She kept very unstill.
Derivatives
unˈstillness n. (In quots. after Old English unstillnes, -nys.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > restlessness > [noun]
unrestfulnessc1384
unquietness1528
restlessness1597
unstillness1846
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > breach of peace
grithbreachc1000
mundbreachc1210
breach of peace1671
unstillness1846
1846 B. Thorpe tr. Ælfric Homilies II. 375 He..tries these five senses, who through curiosity and unstillness wastes them uselessly.
1875 Anderida I. vii. 121 When some..attendants discovered the unstillness to Osgod's companions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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