Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unknit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-knit
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

verb

To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion.

adj

Example Sentences

"Exhaustion will unknit even the ordered mind."
"Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour."
"[S]he unknit her fingers from those of the King, and rose and stood before him."

Etymology

From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: unknitten, uncnyttan

Inflected Forms

unknits (present, singular) unknitting (participle, present) unknitted (participle, past) unknitted (past)

Synonyms

tink

Rhymes With

it get shit bit hit make a run for it 7-bit 8-bit fit sit split fighting fit

Questions

What does unknit mean?: To unravel.
Where does unknit come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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