untidyadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈtʌɪdi/, U.S.

/ˌənˈtaɪdi/

Etymology: Middle English untīdi (un- prefix¹ 1), = West Frisian on-, ûntidich, Middle Dutch ontidich (Dutch ontijdig), Middle Low German untidich, Old High German unzitich (Middle High German unzitec, -zitic, German unzeitig), Middle Swedish otidig, (Middle) Danish, Norwegian utidig untimely, unseasonable, unfavourable, etc.

†1. Untimely, unseasonable; unsuitable, unseemly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective]

untimec1000

untidya1225

untimesa1300

out of season1377

undue1398

out of time1483

untimeousa1500

importunate1529

inopportune1533

importunea1535

unconvenable1542

intempestive1548

unseasonable1561

untimeable1570

out-of-season1574

untimely1581

unseasoned1589

baldc1590

timeless1590

melancounterous?1602

untimelessa1607

unopportune1653

mistimelyc1680

mistimed1687

ill-timed1692

ill-seasoned1843

unchancy1860

intempestuous1885

unseasonal1935

a1225 Leg. Kath. 2400 Aflei from ham al uuel, Weorre & weane baðe, & untidi wederes!

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 118 With his vntydy tales he tened ful ofte Conscience and his compaignye.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 262 The tarre is vntydy þat to þyne sheep by-longeþ.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/2 On-tydy, intemptatus (P. intemperatus).

1661 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I (ed. 3) 91 Hitherto ye are come by an untidy Parliament, wherein..many..made grievous..shiprack of the Faith.

2. Of poor, mean, or uncared-for appearance; not kept in good order; not neat or orderly.For the break in the evidence (as in the adv. above), cf. the history of tidy adj. (esp. sense 4).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective]

untidya1375

unred1528

sluttish?1529

untrimmed?1529

untrick1570

untrim1570

shevelled1613

hirsute1621

incompta1628

messy1627

unneat1648

tawdry1672

slattern1680

bunting1759

untrig1821

sloggering1825

slummocking1825

scrambling1826

poucey1829

anyhow1831

mullocky1839

ragtail1846

mussy1859

slubbery1880

unshipshape1883

mussed1888

slummocky1898

ruggy1929

idle1956

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1455 Sche schal..haue mo solempne cites and semliche casteles, þan ȝe treuly han smale tounes o vntydi houses.

a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 151 Theyr lockes about theyr face, Theyr tresses vntrust,..Full vntydy tegges, Lyke rotten egges.

?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) i. sig. Riiij^v Bishoppes, prestes, monkes,..were poore, abiect and vntydye.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. vi. 916 Therfore this vntydie ground of ours, bringeth forth so many weedes.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Untidy, not tidy.] 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 119 Unheppen,..indecent, untidy.a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Untidy, unclean; sluttish.1855 Poultry Chron. 2 541 The untidy one [sc. bee-keeper] permits cobwebs to occupy the corners of the bee-shed.1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 4 There can be nothing so untidy about a house as children and chickens.

Derivatives

unˈtidiness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [noun]

undaftiness1555

slutterya1586

messiness1836

unneatness1836

untidiness1845

slip-sloppery1848

unkemptness1856

mussiness1869

untrimmedness1883

streelishness1936

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Untidiness, the state of being untidy.]

1845 E. B. Barrett Let. 4 July in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 115 I rather like blots than otherwise—being a sort of patron~saint of all manner of untidyness.

1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 13 I must be in a dreadful state of untidyness.

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

单词	untidy
释义	untidyadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtʌɪdi/, U.S. /ˌənˈtaɪdi/ Etymology: Middle English untīdi (un- prefix¹ 1), = West Frisian on-, ûntidich, Middle Dutch ontidich (Dutch ontijdig), Middle Low German untidich, Old High German unzitich (Middle High German unzitec, -zitic, German unzeitig), Middle Swedish otidig, (Middle) Danish, Norwegian utidig untimely, unseasonable, unfavourable, etc. †1. Untimely, unseasonable; unsuitable, unseemly. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] untimec1000 untidya1225 untimesa1300 out of season1377 undue1398 out of time1483 untimeousa1500 importunate1529 inopportune1533 importunea1535 unconvenable1542 intempestive1548 unseasonable1561 untimeable1570 out-of-season1574 untimely1581 unseasoned1589 baldc1590 timeless1590 melancounterous?1602 untimelessa1607 unopportune1653 mistimelyc1680 mistimed1687 ill-timed1692 ill-seasoned1843 unchancy1860 intempestuous1885 unseasonal1935 a1225 Leg. Kath. 2400 Aflei from ham al uuel, Weorre & weane baðe, & untidi wederes! 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 118 With his vntydy tales he tened ful ofte Conscience and his compaignye. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 262 The tarre is vntydy þat to þyne sheep by-longeþ. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/2 On-tydy, intemptatus (P. intemperatus). 1661 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I (ed. 3) 91 Hitherto ye are come by an untidy Parliament, wherein..many..made grievous..shiprack of the Faith. 2. Of poor, mean, or uncared-for appearance; not kept in good order; not neat or orderly.For the break in the evidence (as in the adv. above), cf. the history of tidy adj. (esp. sense 4). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] untidya1375 unred1528 sluttish?1529 untrimmed?1529 untrick1570 untrim1570 shevelled1613 hirsute1621 incompta1628 messy1627 unneat1648 tawdry1672 slattern1680 bunting1759 untrig1821 sloggering1825 slummocking1825 scrambling1826 poucey1829 anyhow1831 mullocky1839 ragtail1846 mussy1859 slubbery1880 unshipshape1883 mussed1888 slummocky1898 ruggy1929 idle1956 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1455 Sche schal..haue mo solempne cites and semliche casteles, þan ȝe treuly han smale tounes o vntydi houses. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 151 Theyr lockes about theyr face, Theyr tresses vntrust,..Full vntydy tegges, Lyke rotten egges. ?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) i. sig. Riiij^v Bishoppes, prestes, monkes,..were poore, abiect and vntydye. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. vi. 916 Therfore this vntydie ground of ours, bringeth forth so many weedes. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Untidy, not tidy.] 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 119 Unheppen,..indecent, untidy.a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Untidy, unclean; sluttish.1855 Poultry Chron. 2 541 The untidy one [sc. bee-keeper] permits cobwebs to occupy the corners of the bee-shed.1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 4 There can be nothing so untidy about a house as children and chickens. Derivatives unˈtidiness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [noun] undaftiness1555 slutterya1586 messiness1836 unneatness1836 untidiness1845 slip-sloppery1848 unkemptness1856 mussiness1869 untrimmedness1883 streelishness1936 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Untidiness, the state of being untidy.] 1845 E. B. Barrett Let. 4 July in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 115 I rather like blots than otherwise—being a sort of patron~saint of all manner of untidyness. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 13 I must be in a dreadful state of untidyness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). untidyv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtʌɪdi/, U.S. /ˌənˈtaɪdi/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, or < untidy adj. transitive. To make untidy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > make untidy [verb (transitive)] muss1823 untidy1891 1891 R. Dowling Isle of Surrey 112 He was busy tidying, or rather untidying, his room all one day. 1893 S. Baring-Gould Cheap Jack Zita I. xii. 192 The wildness of her appearance thus untidied by the wind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1225v.1891
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untidyadj.

Derivatives

untidyv.