untaughtadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈtɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈtɔt/,

/ˌənˈtɑt/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b.

a. Not enlightened or trained by teaching; uninstructed, ignorant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]

unlearedeOE

untowenc1000

unwittyc1000

skillessc1175

uncouthc1220

lewda1225

lorelessa1300

simplea1325

layc1330

uncunning1340

untaughtc1340

unknowingc1350

rudea1382

roida1400

unquainta1400

ignorant?c1400

unlearnedc1400

misknowing?a1425

simple-hearted?c1425

unknownc1475

unkenningc1480

unweeting1483

nescienta1500

craftlessc1530

misliterate1532

sillya1547

ingram1553

gross1561

inscient1578

borowe1579

plain-headeda1586

empirical1588

rudeful1589

lack-learning1590

learnless?1593

wotless?1594

ingrant1597

untutored1597

small-knowing1598

uninstructed1598

unlearnt1609

unread1609

unware?1611

nescious1623

inscious1633

inscientifical1660

uninformed1702

unaware1704

unable1721

unsuspecting1776

inerudite1801

ill-informed1824

incognoscent1827

unminded1831

unknowledgeable1837

knowledgelessc1843

parviscient1862

clueless1943

c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5873 Maysters [shall give account] of þair disciples..Þat þai lete be unthewed, and untaght ga.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. viii. 5 Comune thou not to a man vntaȝt.

c1460 Play Sacram. 558 [636] Syr, thu art ontawght to come in thus henly [sic].

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Gvj^v The greater companye, In vertue few, and base, Untaught blockheads, braineles.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 42 He cald them vntaught knaues, vnmanerlie.

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus v. i. 1986 With vntaught hand, and with vntuned hart.

1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour iii. ii. 3 Fit only to perswade the easinesse Of untaught babes.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 167. ⁋1 The rude and untaught Multitude.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 359 He teaches those to read, whom schools dismiss'd, And colleges, untaught.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. vi. 133 Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull.

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 215 The crude theories of untaught, if generous, youth.

absolute.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Chron. xxv. 8 Thei leyden lottis by their whilis euenly,..the tauȝt and vntauȝt to gyder.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Substantive The Taught have the Advantage of the Untaught.a1832 G. Crabbe Posthumous Tales ii, in Poet. Wks. (1834) VIII. 43 He knew not how For the untaught and ill-taught to allow.proverbial.c1530 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols, & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 129 Better it is to be wnborne than wntawght.1557 F. Seager School of Vertue C iij The common prouerbe remember ye oughte, ‘Better vnfedde then vn-taughte’.

b. Const. with infinitive, in, or objective complement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > not trained

untrained1548

untaught1581

unread1596

unprincipled1637

unbred1681

jack-legged1839

1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. M.ij Like a childe agayne, vntaught the sleightes of dayntie mindes.

a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. 392 Her mind pure, and her toong vntaught to glose.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L3 Untought In subtilties, they shew themselves in jangling stout.

1680 Earl of Mulgrave & J. Dryden tr. Ovid in J. Dryden et al. tr. Epist. 161 My hand is yet untaught to write to men.

1772 W. Jones Poems 135 Daphne, yet untaught in am'rous lore, Felt..pains unknown before.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 379 Untaught The knowledge of the world, and dull of thought!

1798 W. Wordsworth Female Vagrant in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 75 We gazed with terror on the gloomy sleep.., Untaught that soon such anguish must ensue.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxxix. 112 His strain'd eye..Still gazing, though untaught to bear Th' insufferable light.

c. Of animals, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > trained > not

uncorsayeda1400

untaught1697

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 372 Four sable Bullocks, in the Yoke untaught.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. 153 The balmy spirit of the western gale Eternal breathes on fruits untaught to fail.

1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Epodes xvi. 57 Where Goats untaught forsake the flowery Vale.

1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa ix. 363 A noble steed..Wild as the wild deer, and untaught.

1863 J. Conington tr. Horace Odes iii. iii. 14 For this..tigers drew Thy glorious car, untaught to slave In harness.

2. Not imparted or acquired by teaching; hence, natural, spontaneous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > natural impulse, instinct > [adjective]

untaughtc1445

habitual1526

natural1575

intestine1583

instinctivea1656

intestinala1861

primitive1910

instinctual1924

gut level1962

c1445 R. Pecock Donet 6 Bettir it is..þan forto leve alle suche þingis vnwritun and vntauȝt.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 127 This other maner of..witnessing bi Holi Scripture, which is left here vnseid and vntauȝt.

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xvii. f. lxxiiii^v Leuynge that vntaught tyll the tyme of hys maundy souper.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxiv. sig. Xx5^v Deliuering from his hart two or three (vntaught) sighes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 179 'Tis wonder That an inuisible instinct should frame them To Royalty vnlearn'd, Honor vntaught .

1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 20 in Poems Flocks of Birds..Teaching their Maker in their untaught lays.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 276. ⁋3 I have a natural Voice, and a pretty untaught Step in Dancing.

1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 265 The untaught harmony of spring.

1836 N. Wiseman Lect. Doctr. Catholic Church (1847) 3 Many doctrines untaught by Him.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ii. 19 The untaught signs made by born deaf-mutes.

Derivatives

unˈtaughtness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > [noun] > condition of being educated > not

ineducation1803

uneducatedness1825

uninstructedness1833

untaughtness1840

1840 S. Clark in Mem. Jrnls. & Lett. (1878) 131 I have to suffer from my untaughtness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	untaught
释义	untaughtadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtɔːt/, U.S. /ˌənˈtɔt/, /ˌənˈtɑt/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. 1. a. Not enlightened or trained by teaching; uninstructed, ignorant. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] unlearedeOE untowenc1000 unwittyc1000 skillessc1175 uncouthc1220 lewda1225 lorelessa1300 simplea1325 layc1330 uncunning1340 untaughtc1340 unknowingc1350 rudea1382 roida1400 unquainta1400 ignorant?c1400 unlearnedc1400 misknowing?a1425 simple-hearted?c1425 unknownc1475 unkenningc1480 unweeting1483 nescienta1500 craftlessc1530 misliterate1532 sillya1547 ingram1553 gross1561 inscient1578 borowe1579 plain-headeda1586 empirical1588 rudeful1589 lack-learning1590 learnless?1593 wotless?1594 ingrant1597 untutored1597 small-knowing1598 uninstructed1598 unlearnt1609 unread1609 unware?1611 nescious1623 inscious1633 inscientifical1660 uninformed1702 unaware1704 unable1721 unsuspecting1776 inerudite1801 ill-informed1824 incognoscent1827 unminded1831 unknowledgeable1837 knowledgelessc1843 parviscient1862 clueless1943 c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5873 Maysters [shall give account] of þair disciples..Þat þai lete be unthewed, and untaght ga. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. viii. 5 Comune thou not to a man vntaȝt. c1460 Play Sacram. 558 [636] Syr, thu art ontawght to come in thus henly [sic]. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Gvj^v The greater companye, In vertue few, and base, Untaught blockheads, braineles. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 42 He cald them vntaught knaues, vnmanerlie. View more context for this quotation 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus v. i. 1986 With vntaught hand, and with vntuned hart. 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour iii. ii. 3 Fit only to perswade the easinesse Of untaught babes. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 167. ⁋1 The rude and untaught Multitude. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 359 He teaches those to read, whom schools dismiss'd, And colleges, untaught. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. vi. 133 Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 215 The crude theories of untaught, if generous, youth. absolute.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Chron. xxv. 8 Thei leyden lottis by their whilis euenly,..the tauȝt and vntauȝt to gyder.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Substantive The Taught have the Advantage of the Untaught.a1832 G. Crabbe Posthumous Tales ii, in Poet. Wks. (1834) VIII. 43 He knew not how For the untaught and ill-taught to allow.proverbial.c1530 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols, & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 129 Better it is to be wnborne than wntawght.1557 F. Seager School of Vertue C iij The common prouerbe remember ye oughte, ‘Better vnfedde then vn-taughte’. b. Const. with infinitive, in, or objective complement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > not trained untrained1548 untaught1581 unread1596 unprincipled1637 unbred1681 jack-legged1839 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. M.ij Like a childe agayne, vntaught the sleightes of dayntie mindes. a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. 392 Her mind pure, and her toong vntaught to glose. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L3 Untought In subtilties, they shew themselves in jangling stout. 1680 Earl of Mulgrave & J. Dryden tr. Ovid in J. Dryden et al. tr. Epist. 161 My hand is yet untaught to write to men. 1772 W. Jones Poems 135 Daphne, yet untaught in am'rous lore, Felt..pains unknown before. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 379 Untaught The knowledge of the world, and dull of thought! View more context for this quotation 1798 W. Wordsworth Female Vagrant in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 75 We gazed with terror on the gloomy sleep.., Untaught that soon such anguish must ensue. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxxix. 112 His strain'd eye..Still gazing, though untaught to bear Th' insufferable light. c. Of animals, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > trained > not uncorsayeda1400 untaught1697 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 372 Four sable Bullocks, in the Yoke untaught. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. 153 The balmy spirit of the western gale Eternal breathes on fruits untaught to fail. 1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Epodes xvi. 57 Where Goats untaught forsake the flowery Vale. 1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa ix. 363 A noble steed..Wild as the wild deer, and untaught. 1863 J. Conington tr. Horace Odes iii. iii. 14 For this..tigers drew Thy glorious car, untaught to slave In harness. 2. Not imparted or acquired by teaching; hence, natural, spontaneous. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > natural impulse, instinct > [adjective] untaughtc1445 habitual1526 natural1575 intestine1583 instinctivea1656 intestinala1861 primitive1910 instinctual1924 gut level1962 c1445 R. Pecock Donet 6 Bettir it is..þan forto leve alle suche þingis vnwritun and vntauȝt. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 127 This other maner of..witnessing bi Holi Scripture, which is left here vnseid and vntauȝt. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xvii. f. lxxiiii^v Leuynge that vntaught tyll the tyme of hys maundy souper. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxiv. sig. Xx5^v Deliuering from his hart two or three (vntaught) sighes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 179 'Tis wonder That an inuisible instinct should frame them To Royalty vnlearn'd, Honor vntaught . View more context for this quotation 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 20 in Poems Flocks of Birds..Teaching their Maker in their untaught lays. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 276. ⁋3 I have a natural Voice, and a pretty untaught Step in Dancing. 1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 265 The untaught harmony of spring. 1836 N. Wiseman Lect. Doctr. Catholic Church (1847) 3 Many doctrines untaught by Him. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ii. 19 The untaught signs made by born deaf-mutes. Derivatives unˈtaughtness n. ΘΚΠ society > education > [noun] > condition of being educated > not ineducation1803 uneducatedness1825 uninstructedness1833 untaughtness1840 1840 S. Clark in Mem. Jrnls. & Lett. (1878) 131 I have to suffer from my untaughtness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1340
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