† unthewedadj.
Obsolete.
1. Ill-mannered; unruly, wanton.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective]
wildc1000
unthewedc1175
wanton?a1300
rabbisha1387
irregular1395
inordinate1398
unruly1400
misgoverned?a1425
misruled?a1425
misruly?a1425
unruleful1439
seditious1447
rulelessc1460
turbulous1527
undaunted1533
turbulent1538
unordinate1561
rowsey1565
misorderlya1568
disruly1570
rabbling1575
disorderous1579
irregulate1579
disorderly1585
break-dance1587
willyart?1590
unguided1600
inorderly1606
anarchial1609
irregulousa1616
unmasterlya1623
uncomposed1631
obstreperous1641
disriegled1657
ranting1658
rantipole1660
reuling1691
shandy1691
rumblegarie1722
randy1723
obstropolous1727
wanruly1773
polrumptious1787
ree-raw1800
rambunctious1830
roid1874
unordered1929
rogue1948
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered
unthewedc1175
ill-mannered1422
unmannerlya1425
mannerlessa1500
unmannered?1518
inhonest1534
ungraciousa1535
unrude?1552
misnurtured1553
menseless1568
misleared1578
mismannered1615
unmanneredly1650
rag-mannered1698
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6371 Wiþþ himm þatt iss unnþæwedd.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2186 Forr son se maȝȝdenn wurrþeþþ bald Ȝho wurrþeþþ sone unnþæwedd.
c1250 Ten Abuses 9 in Old Eng. Misc. 185 Child un-þeaud [v.r. vnþewed].
c1325 Metr. Hom. 112 That ilke childe Was sa unthewed and sa wilde, That alle the schathe that he moht do, He did.
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5873 Maysters of þair disciples alswa, Þat þai lete be unthewed, and untaght ga, And chastid þam noght.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 144 Thus is schewed What is to ben of Pride unthewed.
2. Unrefined, coarse.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective]
untheweda1325
unbenec1400
incondite1539
undight1555
ungentle1565
impolished1583
transalpinea1592
impolited1598
uncourtly1598
tartarous1602
impolite1612
unelevated1627
unfashioned1630
unbrushed1640
unhewed1644
hirsute1658
unhewn1659
inelegant1667
sordid1668
ingenteel1694
barbarous1700
ungracefula1732
tramontane1740
uninformed1754
clumsy1758
heavy1817
uncharmed1818
nettle-rough1850
blowzy1851
mal élevé1878
inexquisite1922
pseudo-sophisticated1925
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined
boistousc1300
untheweda1325
uplandisha1387
unaffiled1390
rudea1393
knavishc1405
peoplisha1425
clubbedc1440
blunt1477
lob?1507
robust1511
borel1513
carterly1519
clubbish1530
rough?1531
rustical?1532
incondite1539
agrestc1550
rusticc1550
brute1555
lobcocka1556
loutisha1556
carterlike1561
boorish1562
ruggedc1565
lobbish1567
loutlike1567
sowish1570
clownish1581
unrefined1582
impolished1583
homespun1590
transalpinea1592
swaddish1593
unpolished1594
untutored1595
swabberly1596
tartarous1602
porterly1603
lobcocked1606
lob-like1606
cluster-fisted1611
agrestic1617
inurbane1623
unelevated1627
incult1628
unbrushed1640
vulgar1643
unhewed1644
unsmooth1648
hirsute1658
loutardly1658
unhewn1659
roughsome?c1660
sordid1668
inhumanea1680
coarse1699
brutal1709
ramgunshoch1721
tramontane1740
uncouth1740
no-nationa1756
unurbane1760
turnipy1792
rudas1802
common1804
cubbish1819
clodhopping1828
vulgarian1833
cloddish1844
unkempt1846
bush1851
vulgarish1860
rodney1866
crude1876
ignorant1886
yobby1910
nekulturny1932
oikish1959
yobbish1966
ocker1972
down and dirty1977
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2555 Summe he deden in vn-ðewed swinc,..Muc and fen ut of burges beren.
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