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单词 unwatery
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unwateryadj.

Etymology: Old English unwæterig (un- prefix1 1).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwatery.
Not supplied with or containing water.
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > arid or without water or moisture
waterlessOE
unwateryc1000
unwateredc1440
moistureless1562
droughty1596
floodless1606
squalid1615
arid1652
siccaneous1656
anhydrous1872
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 24 He gæð þurh unwæterie stowa, reste secende.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cvi. 4 Thei erreden in wildernesse, in vnwatri place.
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxvii. 40 In to wrathe thei to-stiriden hym in vnwatri place.
1739 C. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems ii. 222 Divinely led the Favourites pass, Th' Unwatry Deep, and emptied Sea.1872 R. Browning Fifine cii How..The solid surface-shield was outcome..Of simple dew at work to save itself amid The unwatery force around.1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 67 Age to youth May sooner pass than from unwatery crust Be birth of water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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