unfestlich

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Middle English

Adjective

unfestlich

  1. 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.