† unwholeadj.
Obsolete.
1.
a. Not in good health; unsound, unhealthy; diseased, infirm, sick.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased
untrumc825
sickc888
unwholec888
slackc897
unstronga900
sicklea1000
sam-halea1023
worseOE
attaint1303
languishinga1325
heallessc1374
sicklyc1374
sicklewa1387
bada1393
mishalea1400
languoring?c1425
distempered1440
unwell?c1450
detent?a1475
poora1475
languorousc1475
maladif1481
illa1500
maladiousc1500
wanthriven1508
attainted1509
unsound1513
acrazed1521
cracked1527
unsoundya1529
visited1537
infirmed1552
crazed1555
healthless1568
ill-liking1572
afflicted1574
crazy1576
unhealthful1580
sickish1581
valetudinary1581
not well1587
fainty1590
ill-disposed1596
unhealthsome1598
tainted1600
ill-affected1604
peaking1611
unhealthy1611
infirmited1616
disaffected1626
physical1633
illish1637
pimping1640
invalid1642
misaffected1645
valetudinarious1648
unhale1653
badly1654
unwholesome1655
valetudinous1655
morbulent1656
off the hooksa1658
mawkish1668
morbid1668
unthriven1680
unsane1690
ailing1716
not wellish1737
underlya1742
poorly1750
indifferent1753
comical1755
maladized1790
sober1808
sickened1815
broken-down1816
peaky1821
poorlyish1827
souffrante1827
run-down1831
sicklied1835
addle1844
shaky1844
mean1845
dauncy1846
stricken1846
peakyish1853
po'ly1860
pindling1861
rough1882
rocky1883
suffering1885
wabbit1895
icky-boo1920
like death warmed up1924
icky1938
ropy1945
crappy1956
hanging1971
sick as a parrot1982
shite1987
α.
β. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 61 Þus lo þe hale half & te cwike dale droh þet uuele blod ut frommard te unhale.c1275 Sinners Beware 308 in Old Eng. Misc. 82 He seyþ þenne, Myne Poure vn-hole hyne To eure dure come.1379 MS Gloucester Cathedral 19 No. 1. i. iv. f. 12 Ellys the body is vnholl & ther after schewith him the vryn.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5137 Her fadir lay vnhol in bedde.c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xi. §1 Sume habbað bearn genoge, ac þa beoþ hwilum unhale oððe yfele & unweorþe.
c1000 Ælfric in Old Eng. Hom. I. 296 Ungemetgod fæsten, & to mycel forhæfdnyss on æte & on wæte deð þone man unhalne.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9393 Ȝiff þatt tin eȝhe iss all unn hal.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4778 Hiss bodiȝ toc To rotenn bufenn eorþe. All samenn... All þiss wass utennwiþþ unnhal Þurrh swiþe unnride unnhæle.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8578 Þa men þe beoð un-hal [c1300 Otho on-hole] heo fareð to þan stane.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 35 I gif the blind..thair siht,..I mac unhale men al hale.
b. Spiritually or morally unsound.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective]
sickc960
foulOE
unwholec1000
thewlessa1327
corrupt1340
viciousc1340
unwholesomec1374
infecta1387
rustyc1390
unsound?a1400
rottenc1400
rotten-heartedc1405
cankereda1450
infectedc1449
wasted1483
depravate?1520
poisoned1529
deformed1555
poisonous1555
reprobate1557
corrupted1563
prave1564
base-minded1573
tainted1577
Gomorrhean1581
vice-like1589
depraved1593
debauched1598
deboshedc1598
tarish1601
sunk1602
speckled1603
deboist1604
diseased1608
ulcerous1611
vitial1614
debauchc1616
deboise1632
pravous1653
depravea1711
unhealthy1821
scrofulous1842
septic1914
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > corrupted or corrupt > morally sick or diseased
sickc960
unwholec1000
cankereda1450
gangrened1591
diseased1608
ulcerous1611
gangrenous1628
ulcerated1634
ulcerate1654
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 470 Se ðe wenð þæt he hal sy, se is unhal.
c1275 Moral Ode 114 in Old Eng. Misc. 62 Nis no witnesse al so muchel so monnes owe heorte. For so seyþ þat vnhol is him seolue hwat him smeorteþ.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 129 Man quaim sinne mad unhale.
c. Of unsound mind. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with
woodc725
woodsekc890
giddyc1000
out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000
witlessc1000
brainsickOE
amadc1225
lunaticc1290
madc1330
sickc1340
brain-wooda1375
out of one's minda1387
frenetica1398
fonda1400
formada1400
unwisea1400
brainc1400
unwholec1400
alienate?a1425
brainless1434
distract of one's wits1470
madfula1475
furious1475
distract1481
fro oneself1483
beside oneself1490
beside one's patience1490
dementa1500
red-wood?1507
extraught1509
misminded1509
peevish1523
bedlam-ripe1525
straughta1529
fanatic1533
bedlama1535
daft1540
unsounda1547
stark raving (also staring) mad1548
distraughted1572
insane1575
acrazeda1577
past oneself1576
frenzy1577
poll-mad1577
out of one's senses1580
maddeda1586
frenetical1588
distempered1593
distraught1597
crazed1599
diswitted1599
idle-headed1599
lymphatical1603
extract1608
madling1608
distracteda1616
informala1616
far gone1616
crazy1617
March mada1625
non compos mentis1628
brain-crazed1632
demented1632
crack-brained1634
arreptitiousa1641
dementate1640
dementated1650
brain-crackeda1652
insaniated1652
exsensed1654
bedlam-witteda1657
lymphatic1656
mad-like1679
dementative1685
non compos1699
beside one's gravity1716
hyte1720
lymphated1727
out of one's head1733
maddened1735
swivel-eyed1758
wrong1765
brainsickly1770
fatuous1773
derangedc1790
alienated1793
shake-brained1793
crack-headed1796
flighty1802
wowf1802
doitrified1808
phrenesiac1814
bedlamite1815
mad-braineda1822
fey1823
bedlamitish1824
skire1825
beside one's wits1827
as mad as a hatter1829
crazied1842
off one's head1842
bemadded1850
loco1852
off one's nut1858
off his chump1864
unsane1867
meshuga1868
non-sane1868
loony1872
bee-headed1879
off one's onion1881
off one's base1882
(to go) off one's dot1883
locoed1885
screwy1887
off one's rocker1890
balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891
meshuggener1892
nutty1892
buggy1893
bughouse1894
off one's pannikin1894
ratty1895
off one's trolley1896
batchy1898
twisted1900
batsc1901
batty1903
dippy1903
bugs1904
dingy1904
up the (also a) pole1904
nut1906
nuts1908
nutty as a fruitcake1911
bugged1920
potty1920
cuckoo1923
nutsy1923
puggled1923
blah1924
détraqué1925
doolally1925
off one's rocket1925
puggle1925
mental1927
phooey1927
crackers1928
squirrelly1928
over the edge1929
round the bend1929
lakes1934
ding-a-ling1935
wacky1935
screwball1936
dingbats1937
Asiatic1938
parlatic1941
troppo1941
up the creek1941
screwed-up1943
bonkers1945
psychological1952
out to lunch1955
starkers1956
off (one's) squiff1960
round the twist1960
yampy1963
out of (also off) one's bird1966
out of one's skull1967
whacked out1969
batshit1971
woo-woo1971
nutso1973
out of (one's) gourd1977
wacko1977
off one's meds1986
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1681 His hert heldet vnhole, he hoped non oþer Bot a best þat he be, a bol oþer an oxe.
d. Unsincere. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disingenuousness > [adjective]
unwholea1352
unsincere1577
insincere1634
uningenious1638
uningenuous1638
disingenuous1648
disingenious1661
uncandid1771
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > disingenuous or insincere
unwholea1352
unsincere1577
insincere1634
uningenious1638
uningenuous1638
disingenuous1648
disingenious1661
uncandid1771
fake1942
a1352 Minot in Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 74 In hert he was unhale, He come thare moste for mede.
2. Of food, etc.: Unwholesome. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > unwholesome
unwhole?c1225
unwholesome1297
queasyc1450
contagious?a1500
naughty1535
spilled1574
naught1588
spilt1595
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 272 Ne nome neauer ȝeme hwat wes hal. hwat unhal to eotene ne to drinken.
3. Imperfect; defective; incomplete. rare.
ΚΠ
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23563 For-þi þat godd has ai wroght al, Of his werkes es noght vnhale [Trin. vnhool].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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