Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unglove

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-glove
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove a glove or gloves (from).

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"undated, John Keats, Sonnet to a Lady seen for a Few Moments at Vauxhall Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand, / Since I was tangled in thy beauty's web, / And snared by the ungloving of thine hand."
"If ladies go from the ball-room to the supper-room for half an hour, they are not expected to unglove...But, if the supper be final, and close the evening's entertainment, they may unglove, if they please."
"Formerly, strict etiquette demanded that a person should unglove the hand before offering it to another in friendly greeting."
"A simple way to remember how to unglove safely is “glove to glove, skin to skin.”"

Etymology

From Middle English ungloven, equivalent to un- + glove.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: ungloven

Usage

Inflected Forms

ungloves (present, singular) ungloving (participle, present) ungloved (participle, past) ungloved (past)

Questions

What does unglove mean?: To remove a glove or gloves (from).
Where does unglove come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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