unket

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English

Adjective

unket (comparative more unket, superlative most unket)

  1. (UK, dialect) Alternative form of unked

Anagrams

Swedish

Adjective

unket

  1. indefinite neuter singular of unken

Adverb

unket (not comparable)

  1. mustily, fustily, stalely

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Etymology

From Middle English unked, past participle of unkythen.

Pronunciation

Adjective

unket

  1. shy, strange, uncouth
    Synonym: uncouth
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:
      Go gaame abuth Forth, thou unket saalvache.
      Go, make game about Forth, thou uncouth sloven.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 74
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