unked
/ʌnˈkɛd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "Forsooth he misdoubted him that the bow was somewhat unked, and that the lad had had some new dealings with the Dwarf-kin or other strange wights."
- "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."
- "March 21, 1790, William Cowper, letter to Mrs. Throckmorton Weston is sadly unked without you."
Etymology
From Middle English unked, past participle of unkythen, equivalent to un- + ked (an old past participle form of kithe).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: unked
Usage
Inflected Forms
more unked (comparative)
most unked (superlative)