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English
Etymology
From un- + laid.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unlaid (not comparable)
- not laid
an unlaid egg
unlaid paving stones
The table was still unlaid, despite Mum asking us the kids to lay it five times.
- Not laid by exorcism
1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: , London: [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, , published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:stubborn, unlaid ghost
- (of a person, slang) not having had sexual intercourse
I've been unlaid since my boyfriend left me 5 months ago, so I'm desperate for a shag!
- Not laid out, as a corpse.
a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. (Second Folio), London: Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:With their pellets of small wit, / Parts of me they judg'd decay'd; / But we last out still unlay'd
- (of paper) Not marked with parallel lines.
Verb
unlaid
- simple past and past participle of unlay
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