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单词 unwilful
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unwilfuladj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwilful.
1. Involuntary; unintentional; undesigned.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary
unviseda1300
unwilful1398
unwilly1398
unbodena1400
voluntarya1450
non-voluntaryc1454
involuntary1531
unwilling1535
unwilleda1540
unmeant1550
unvoluntary1570
uncalleda1586
uncalleda1610
unintended1649
undesigned1651
mechanic1657
automatic1694
unmeaning1698
inadvertent1724
unbidden1726
unintentional1782
unweeting1794
unwitting1818
undeliberate1874
agnomical1881
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vii. xviii Un~wilful rennyng of teeres falleþ in þe yȝen somtyme of outeward causes.
c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 38 Þe vnwylfulle confession of fendes ys not to be sette lyght by.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 51 He that leuyth oughte by vnwylfull neglygence..synneth not deadly.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. x. sig. Rr.iijv/1 Of sinnes some are wilfull and some vnwilfull, or inforced.
1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment D 2 How euer wilfull or vnwilfull the acte was, done it was.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 128 Few Years will wash away unwilful Taints.
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) I. ii. 8 To make excuses..for the perhaps not unwilful slights of those whose approbation we wish to engage.
2. Not wilful, obstinate, or perverse. rare.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable
beisuma1225
treatable1303
waldinc1485
tractable?1504
towardly1513
obsequent1520
conformable1547
unwilful1570
sonsya1622
ductile1622
obedible1622
ductible1623
unobstinate1632
ducible1633
docile1647
fictile1676
amenable1680
tawie1786
trottya1913
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Piiiv/1 Vnwilfull, illicentiosus, continens.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vii. 184 As if, at his years, Lear..could become unwilful, and even pliable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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