How do you pronounce uneath?

The recorded pronunciation is /ʌˈniːθ/.

Where does uneath come from?

It is traced to Middle English. First known use: First attested in the Old English period.

uneath

/ʌˈniːθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-eath
IPA: /ʌˈniːθ/

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Meaning

adj

Not easy; hard.

Obsolete

adv

Not easily; hardly, scarcely.

Archaic

adv

Reluctantly, unwillingly.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"who he was, uneath was to descry."
"Uneath may she endure the flinty streets, / To tread them with her tender-feeling feet."
"Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge."

Etymology

From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”). By surface analysis, un- + eath. See eath, easy for further. First attested in the Old English period.

Origin

Source language: Middle English
First known use: First attested in the Old English period

Word Breakdown

Root: unethe, unēaþe

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ʌˈniːθ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

unneth (alternative, obsolete) unnethe (alternative, obsolete) unnethes (alternative, obsolete) uneth (alternative, obsolete) unethe (alternative, obsolete) unneath (alternative, obsolete) unnethis (alternative, obsolete) unethes (alternative, obsolete) uneathes (alternative, obsolete)

Antonyms

eath easy