Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwindow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-win-dow
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the window(s) or pane(s) from.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A Window in the Kitchin that had been much batter’d before, was now quite broke out, and unwindow’d, no Glass or Lead at all being left […]"
"1710,) Charles Shadwell, The Fair Quaker of Deal: or, the Humours of the Navy, London: T. Lowndes, 1769, Act III, p. 48, Well, now we have got rid of the rum Duke, being in a very merry Humour, let us put it to the Vote, whether we shall beat the Mayor and Corporation, and drown the Constable; or shall we ravish all the Women we meet with, and unwindow the Houses?"

Etymology

From un- + window.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

unwindows (present, singular) unwindowing (participle, present) unwindowed (participle, past) unwindowed (past)

Questions

What does unwindow mean?: To remove the window(s) or pane(s) from.
Where does unwindow come from?: From un- + window.

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