different between unked vs unkel
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)
- (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
- 1865, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters
- (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.
- 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone Chapter 17
- (Britain, dialect) old
- (Britain, dialect) uncouth
- (Britain, dialect) lonely; dreary; unkard
- March 21, 1790, William Cowper, letter to Mrs. Throckmorton
- Weston is sadly unked without you.
- March 21, 1790, William Cowper, letter to Mrs. Throckmorton
Anagrams
- nuked
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unkel
English
Noun
unkel (plural unkels)
- Obsolete form of uncle.
Anagrams
- unkle
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