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Middle English
Adjective
unfestlich
- unfit for a feast; hence, jaded, worn.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 365-367:
[...] Hir liste nat appalled for to be,
Nor on the morwe unfestlich for to see;
And slepte hir firste sleep, and thanne awook.- She did not wish to be grown pale,
Nor in the morning to appear unfestive;
And slept her first sleep, and then awoke.