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unked

English

Etymology

From un- + ked (an old past participle form of kithe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?k?d/

Adjective

unked (comparative more unked, superlative most unked)

  1. (Britain, dialect) odd; strange
    • 1865, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters
      On Tuesday afternoon Molly returned home, to the home which was already strange, and what Warwickshire people would call 'unked,' to her. New paint, new paper, new colours; grim servants dressed in their best, and objecting to every change
  2. (Britain, dialect) ugly
    • 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone Chapter 17
      And there the little stalk of each, which might have been a pear, God willing, had a ring around its base, and sought a chance to drop and die. The others which had not opened comb, but only prepared to do it, were a little better off, but still very brown and unked, and shrivelling in doubt of health, and neither peart nor lusty.
  3. (Britain, dialect) old
  4. (Britain, dialect) uncouth
  5. (Britain, dialect) lonely; dreary; unkard
    • March 21, 1790, William Cowper, letter to Mrs. Throckmorton
      Weston is sadly unked without you.

Anagrams

  • nuked

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unbed

English

Etymology

un- +? bed

Verb

unbed (third-person singular simple present unbeds, present participle unbedding, simple past and past participle unbedded)

  1. (transitive) To raise or rouse from bed.
    • Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder.

Anagrams

  • U-bend

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