† unwittingn.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 8.

Obsolete.

1. Lack of knowledge; ignorance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun]

unwisdomc825

nutelnessa1200

ignorance?c1225

uncunningc1290

uncunnessa1300

unwittingnessa1300

unknowledging1357

lewdness1362

unsciencec1374

mislearninga1382

simplenessa1382

unknowinga1382

ignorancec1384

unwittingc1384

simplessec1391

rudenessc1400

unweeting14..

lewdhead1401

misknowing?a1425

simplicityc1450

unknowledge1470

discognisancec1475

unknowingness1486

non-knowledge1503

ignorancy1526

simplehead1543

unlearnedness1555

ignoration1563

rusticity1571

ignorantness1574

ignoring1578

inscience1578

ignoramus1583

ingramness1589

lack-learning1590

idiotism1598

ignoramus1598

idiocy1605

nesciencea1625

nescio1637

inerudition1685

unawareness1847

agnosia1879

moronism1922

cluelessness1960

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds iii. 17 I woot that by vnwittinge [L. ignorantiam] ȝe diden, as and ȝoure princes.

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 34 The involuntarie vnwitting causeth, or effecteth a thing being ignorant thereof.

2. Unsoundness of mind; insanity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness

woodnessc1000

woodshipc1000

madshipc1225

woodc1275

woodhead1303

ragec1330

amentiaa1398

madnessa1398

frenzy?a1400

madheada1400

maddingc1400

alienation?a1425

furiosity?a1475

derverye1480

forcenery1480

furiousnessc1500

unwitness1527

unwitting1527

demencya1529

straughtness1530

insaniea1538

brainsickness1541

lunacy1541

amenty1557

distraughtness1576

dementation?1583

straughtedness1583

insanity1590

crazedness1593

bedlam1598

dementia1598

insanation1599

non compos mentis1607

distraction1609

daffinga1614

disinsanitya1625

cerebrosity1647

vecordy1656

fanaticness1662

non-sanity1675

insaneness1730

craziness1755

hydrophobia1760

vecord1788

derangement1800

vesania1800

a screw loose1810

unsoundness1825

dementedness1833

craze1841

psychosis1847

crackiness1861

feyness1873

crack1891

meshugas1898

white ant1908

crackedness1910

pottiness1933

loopiness1939

wackiness1941

screwballism1942

kink1959

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon xvi. sig. Bij [Borage-] water..is good agaynst madnes or vnwytyng [Ger. unsvnnigkeit] and melancolye.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

unwittingadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənˈwɪdɪŋ/

Etymology: Old English unwitende (un- prefix¹ 4, 7b), = Old Saxon unwitandi , Old High German unwiȥȥanti, -enti , etc., Middle High German unwiȥȥende (German unwissend ), Old Norse úvitandi (Norwegian uvitande , Middle Swedish ovitande , Swedish ovetande , Danish uvidende ), Gothic unwitands . Compare unweeting adj.

Rare after c1600, until revived (perhaps after unweeting adj.) c1800.

a. Having no knowledge or cognizance of a particular fact, thing, etc.; not knowing, unaware, unconscious; hence, unheeding, regardless. Sometimes quasi-adv. (= unwittingly adv.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [adjective]

unwittingc893

unweeting1303

senseless1560

weetless1579

witless1584

imperceptive1661

inconscious1678

unconscious1712

unminding1714

impercipient1733

unconscient1829

incognizant1837

uncognisant1860

incognitive1862

inconscient1885

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > ignorant of something

unwittingc893

unwarec1374

unknowinga1398

ignorantc1425

unawares1549

unfraught1587

unintelligenta1616

unstudied1642

a stranger to1665

unconscious1678

unconscious1700

unskilled1725

oblivious1854

pred.

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. (1883) v. xiv. 248 He eac monig tacen self gedyde..þeh he hie unwitende dyde.

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. (1883) v. xv. 250 He oft unwitende slog mid his heafde on þone wag.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Josh. xx. 3 Whoso euer a lijf hath smytun vnwitynge.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 19100 Ȝe vnderstande þat ȝe him slogh vn-witande.

c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) i. xiii. 7 He was weschen vnwiting, and nought willyng hym self..that he ne myght..discerne to chesen good ne euyl.

a1450 Mirk's Festial 30 Scho..toke Seynt Steuen's bonys ynstude of hyr maystyrs, vnwyttyng.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ix. 53 My falloschip vnwitting forȝet me heir.

c1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxxv. vii Then abiects, while I was unwitting quite, Against me swarme.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune ii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Vuuuu/1 I crave your Lordships pardon, your sudden apprehension on my steps made me to frame an answer unwitting and unworthy your respect.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. viii. 92 His lean fingers played, Unwitting, with the grass that grew beside.1852 C. Kingsley Andromeda 50 No word, once spoken, returneth, Even if uttered unwitting.1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 407 From her lips unwitting came a moan.attributive.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 30 Thee crack rack crashing the vnwitting pastor amazeth.1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 5 The danger of which he had been the unwitting cause.1884 Christian Commonw. 21 Feb. 439/2 Popular practice..imposes that ceremony [sc. baptism] on an unwitting babe.

b. Const. of.

ΚΠ

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. 4863 Þou knewe nouȝt of þat offence, But fully were vnwytinge of þe dede.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. A j Both of them.., unwitting of so much themselves, giving place to Christ.

1612 N. Field Woman a Weather-cocke ii. i. D 1 This strange shape He altogether is vnwitting of.

1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xxv Drummond, all unwitting of any change.1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 175 On the Cyclops coast, of the course unwitting, we run.

c. With direct object or objective clause.

ΚΠ

(a)

c1400 Sc. Trojan War ii. 712 It plesed to Pryame þe kyng, As wnwittand þar purposyng.

1869 ‘Ouida’ Tricotrin xix ‘But?’ asked the child,..unwitting the frightful truth that lay in the words.

(b)1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 124 Children, that, unwitting why, Lent the gay shout their shrilly cry.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xv. 194 Unwitting from what source it came.1866 G. A. Sala Trip to Barbary 229 Quite unwitting that he is to be made king over Israel.

†2. In absolute constructions. (Also with of.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > outside one's knowledge

unweeting1303

unwittingc1380

unwistc1385

unware1390

unknowna1393

unknowing1423

unawares1548

unacquainta1699

out of one's beat1839

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 56 Petir..wolde haue lettid cristis deþ.., him wnwyttyngge.

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesm. MS.) 767 He slyly tooke it out.., Vnwityng this preest of his false craft.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12525 Iesus still him efter stal, Ioseph and mari vnwittand.

c1400 Brut 325 Þe Englissh men..drenchyng al þe men þat were þerin, vnwytyng hem þat þey weren of þat cuntre.

c1455 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 134 Whilis y kepe þe contraries of þo deedis so priueli to me, hem it vnwityng.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 213 Vnwittand his ost he passis fra his company jn the woddis.

a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 272 I schrif me of all cursit cumpany, In all tyme witting and vnwiting me.

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 131/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Others of Mounster, who before (and vnwitting the Butlers) had sent the vsurped bishops..vnto the pope.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 313 The Lord Gray of Ruthen,..vnwitting the Sergeantes and against their willes (as they said) was first placed.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue (1623) ii. 189 Which things,..the Captaine unwitting thereof, I clapt up closely within my trunks.

†3. Without the knowledge of (also with possessive adjectives), unbeknown to, a person. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

(a)

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3874 Bisid lya al night he lai, His vnwitand, til it was dai.

1454 T. Denys in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 91 My wif delyuered all, myn vnwetyng.

1470 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 564 He sent to my lady.., myn onwetyng or wythowt eny preyer of me.

c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 534 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 84 Nere-by, his vnwittand, his sonnis twa ware duelland.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. vi. 51 With dissimulance wenyt thow, wnfaithfull wycht, Thow mycht.., myne vnwitting, steill furth of my land?

(b)1340 Ayenbite (1866) 37 [To] nyme..oþre manne þinges wyþ wrong and onwytinde and wyþ-oute wylle of þe lhorde.c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 228 Vnwityng of this Dorigen at al This lusty Squier..Hadde loued hir.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 531 That samin nycht..[Donald] Come on the king..With greit power wnwitanad of this king.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 23 Tha dressit thame till go Towart his oist.., Onwittand than of ony Scottis wicht.(c)1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 37 Alle suche wronges han ben vnwytyng to vs.1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vi. sig. aij A gentilman,..vnwyttynge to any persone, dyd cut of his owne eares.1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 17 The othe that he made un to the kynge of Ynglonde unwyttynge unto the pope.1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 135 The two Earles.., vnwitting to the rest, presently withdrew themselues.a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iv. i. 118 in Wks. (1640) III Ile marry her to you, Vnwitting to this Turfe.

a. Performed unwittingly; unintentional; unpremeditated.

ΘΚΠ

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

1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism Introd. 248 Authors of the un~witting and unwilling transgression.

1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax III. ix. 217 The unwitting indication of some crotchets of mine.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 268 Whether this sacrilege was designed or unwitting, it was speedily avenged.

b. Unconscious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary > without intention

automatousa1682

unintentional1838

unwitting1841

unintentioned1851

intentionless1887

1841 J. R. Lowell Year's Life 113 Her large charity (An all unwitting, childlike gift in her).

5. Pathology. (See quot. 1822.)

ΚΠ

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 117 Pica..Insulsa. Unwitting pica. [So called] from want of correct taste or discrimination.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unwitting
释义	† unwittingn. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 8. Obsolete. 1. Lack of knowledge; ignorance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun] unwisdomc825 nutelnessa1200 ignorance?c1225 uncunningc1290 uncunnessa1300 unwittingnessa1300 unknowledging1357 lewdness1362 unsciencec1374 mislearninga1382 simplenessa1382 unknowinga1382 ignorancec1384 unwittingc1384 simplessec1391 rudenessc1400 unweeting14.. lewdhead1401 misknowing?a1425 simplicityc1450 unknowledge1470 discognisancec1475 unknowingness1486 non-knowledge1503 ignorancy1526 simplehead1543 unlearnedness1555 ignoration1563 rusticity1571 ignorantness1574 ignoring1578 inscience1578 ignoramus1583 ingramness1589 lack-learning1590 idiotism1598 ignoramus1598 idiocy1605 nesciencea1625 nescio1637 inerudition1685 unawareness1847 agnosia1879 moronism1922 cluelessness1960 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds iii. 17 I woot that by vnwittinge [L. ignorantiam] ȝe diden, as and ȝoure princes. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 34 The involuntarie vnwitting causeth, or effecteth a thing being ignorant thereof. 2. Unsoundness of mind; insanity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness woodnessc1000 woodshipc1000 madshipc1225 woodc1275 woodhead1303 ragec1330 amentiaa1398 madnessa1398 frenzy?a1400 madheada1400 maddingc1400 alienation?a1425 furiosity?a1475 derverye1480 forcenery1480 furiousnessc1500 unwitness1527 unwitting1527 demencya1529 straughtness1530 insaniea1538 brainsickness1541 lunacy1541 amenty1557 distraughtness1576 dementation?1583 straughtedness1583 insanity1590 crazedness1593 bedlam1598 dementia1598 insanation1599 non compos mentis1607 distraction1609 daffinga1614 disinsanitya1625 cerebrosity1647 vecordy1656 fanaticness1662 non-sanity1675 insaneness1730 craziness1755 hydrophobia1760 vecord1788 derangement1800 vesania1800 a screw loose1810 unsoundness1825 dementedness1833 craze1841 psychosis1847 crackiness1861 feyness1873 crack1891 meshugas1898 white ant1908 crackedness1910 pottiness1933 loopiness1939 wackiness1941 screwballism1942 kink1959 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon xvi. sig. Bij [Borage-] water..is good agaynst madnes or vnwytyng [Ger. unsvnnigkeit] and melancolye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). unwittingadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɪdɪŋ/ Etymology: Old English unwitende (un- prefix¹ 4, 7b), = Old Saxon unwitandi , Old High German unwiȥȥanti, -enti , etc., Middle High German unwiȥȥende (German unwissend ), Old Norse úvitandi (Norwegian uvitande , Middle Swedish ovitande , Swedish ovetande , Danish uvidende ), Gothic unwitands . Compare unweeting adj. Rare after c1600, until revived (perhaps after unweeting adj.) c1800. 1. a. Having no knowledge or cognizance of a particular fact, thing, etc.; not knowing, unaware, unconscious; hence, unheeding, regardless. Sometimes quasi-adv. (= unwittingly adv.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [adjective] unwittingc893 unweeting1303 senseless1560 weetless1579 witless1584 imperceptive1661 inconscious1678 unconscious1712 unminding1714 impercipient1733 unconscient1829 incognizant1837 uncognisant1860 incognitive1862 inconscient1885 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > ignorant of something unwittingc893 unwarec1374 unknowinga1398 ignorantc1425 unawares1549 unfraught1587 unintelligenta1616 unstudied1642 a stranger to1665 unconscious1678 unconscious1700 unskilled1725 oblivious1854 pred. c893 tr. Orosius Hist. (1883) v. xiv. 248 He eac monig tacen self gedyde..þeh he hie unwitende dyde. c893 tr. Orosius Hist. (1883) v. xv. 250 He oft unwitende slog mid his heafde on þone wag. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Josh. xx. 3 Whoso euer a lijf hath smytun vnwitynge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 19100 Ȝe vnderstande þat ȝe him slogh vn-witande. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) i. xiii. 7 He was weschen vnwiting, and nought willyng hym self..that he ne myght..discerne to chesen good ne euyl. a1450 Mirk's Festial 30 Scho..toke Seynt Steuen's bonys ynstude of hyr maystyrs, vnwyttyng. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ix. 53 My falloschip vnwitting forȝet me heir. c1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxxv. vii Then abiects, while I was unwitting quite, Against me swarme. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune ii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Vuuuu/1 I crave your Lordships pardon, your sudden apprehension on my steps made me to frame an answer unwitting and unworthy your respect. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. viii. 92 His lean fingers played, Unwitting, with the grass that grew beside.1852 C. Kingsley Andromeda 50 No word, once spoken, returneth, Even if uttered unwitting.1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 407 From her lips unwitting came a moan.attributive.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 30 Thee crack rack crashing the vnwitting pastor amazeth.1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 5 The danger of which he had been the unwitting cause.1884 Christian Commonw. 21 Feb. 439/2 Popular practice..imposes that ceremony [sc. baptism] on an unwitting babe. b. Const. of. ΚΠ 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. 4863 Þou knewe nouȝt of þat offence, But fully were vnwytinge of þe dede. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. A j Both of them.., unwitting of so much themselves, giving place to Christ. 1612 N. Field Woman a Weather-cocke ii. i. D 1 This strange shape He altogether is vnwitting of. 1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xxv Drummond, all unwitting of any change.1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 175 On the Cyclops coast, of the course unwitting, we run. c. With direct object or objective clause. ΚΠ (a) c1400 Sc. Trojan War ii. 712 It plesed to Pryame þe kyng, As wnwittand þar purposyng. 1869 ‘Ouida’ Tricotrin xix ‘But?’ asked the child,..unwitting the frightful truth that lay in the words. (b)1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 124 Children, that, unwitting why, Lent the gay shout their shrilly cry.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xv. 194 Unwitting from what source it came.1866 G. A. Sala Trip to Barbary 229 Quite unwitting that he is to be made king over Israel. †2. In absolute constructions. (Also with of.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > outside one's knowledge unweeting1303 unwittingc1380 unwistc1385 unware1390 unknowna1393 unknowing1423 unawares1548 unacquainta1699 out of one's beat1839 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 56 Petir..wolde haue lettid cristis deþ.., him wnwyttyngge. c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesm. MS.) 767 He slyly tooke it out.., Vnwityng this preest of his false craft. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12525 Iesus still him efter stal, Ioseph and mari vnwittand. c1400 Brut 325 Þe Englissh men..drenchyng al þe men þat were þerin, vnwytyng hem þat þey weren of þat cuntre. c1455 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 134 Whilis y kepe þe contraries of þo deedis so priueli to me, hem it vnwityng. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 213 Vnwittand his ost he passis fra his company jn the woddis. a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 272 I schrif me of all cursit cumpany, In all tyme witting and vnwiting me. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 131/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Others of Mounster, who before (and vnwitting the Butlers) had sent the vsurped bishops..vnto the pope. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 313 The Lord Gray of Ruthen,..vnwitting the Sergeantes and against their willes (as they said) was first placed. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue (1623) ii. 189 Which things,..the Captaine unwitting thereof, I clapt up closely within my trunks. †3. Without the knowledge of (also with possessive adjectives), unbeknown to, a person. Obsolete. ΚΠ (a) a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3874 Bisid lya al night he lai, His vnwitand, til it was dai. 1454 T. Denys in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 91 My wif delyuered all, myn vnwetyng. 1470 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 564 He sent to my lady.., myn onwetyng or wythowt eny preyer of me. c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 534 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 84 Nere-by, his vnwittand, his sonnis twa ware duelland. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. vi. 51 With dissimulance wenyt thow, wnfaithfull wycht, Thow mycht.., myne vnwitting, steill furth of my land? (b)1340 Ayenbite (1866) 37 [To] nyme..oþre manne þinges wyþ wrong and onwytinde and wyþ-oute wylle of þe lhorde.c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 228 Vnwityng of this Dorigen at al This lusty Squier..Hadde loued hir.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 531 That samin nycht..[Donald] Come on the king..With greit power wnwitanad of this king.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 23 Tha dressit thame till go Towart his oist.., Onwittand than of ony Scottis wicht.(c)1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 37 Alle suche wronges han ben vnwytyng to vs.1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vi. sig. aij A gentilman,..vnwyttynge to any persone, dyd cut of his owne eares.1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 17 The othe that he made un to the kynge of Ynglonde unwyttynge unto the pope.1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 135 The two Earles.., vnwitting to the rest, presently withdrew themselues.a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iv. i. 118 in Wks. (1640) III Ile marry her to you, Vnwitting to this Turfe. View more context for this quotation 4. a. Performed unwittingly; unintentional; unpremeditated. ΘΚΠ 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 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism Introd. 248 Authors of the un~witting and unwilling transgression. 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax III. ix. 217 The unwitting indication of some crotchets of mine. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 268 Whether this sacrilege was designed or unwitting, it was speedily avenged. b. Unconscious. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary > without intention automatousa1682 unintentional1838 unwitting1841 unintentioned1851 intentionless1887 1841 J. R. Lowell Year's Life 113 Her large charity (An all unwitting, childlike gift in her). 5. Pathology. (See quot. 1822.) ΚΠ 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 117 Pica..Insulsa. Unwitting pica. [So called] from want of correct taste or discrimination. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1384adj.c893
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