- unanimity (n.)
[unanimity 词源字典] - mid-15c., from Old French unanimite (14c.), from Late Latin unanimitatem (nominative unanimitas) "unanimity, concord," from unanimus (see unanimous).[unanimity etymology, unanimity origin, 英语词源]
- unanimous (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin unanimus "of one mind, in union," from unus "one" (see one) + animus "mind" (see animus). Related: Unanimously.
- unannounced (adj.)
- 1775, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of announce (v.).
- unanswerable (adj.)
- 1610s, "admitting of no answer," from un- (1) "not" + answerable.
- unanswered (adj.)
- late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of answer (v.).
- unanticipated (adj.)
- 1741, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of anticipate (v.).
- unapologetic (adj.)
- 1834, from un- (1) "not" + apologetic. Related: Unapologetically.
- unappeasable (adj.)
- 1560s, from un- (1) "not" + appeasable. Related: Unappeasably.
Desolate winds that cry over the wandering sea;
Desolate winds that hover in the flaming West;
Desolate winds that beat the doors of Heaven, and beat
The doors of Hell and blow there many a whimpering ghost;
O heart the winds have shaken, the unappeasable host
Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary's feet.
[W.B. Yeats, "The Unappeasable Host," 1899]
- unappreciated (adj.)
- 1809, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of appreciate (v.).
- unappreciative (adj.)
- 1834, from un- (1) "not" + appreciative. Related: Unappreciatively; unappreciativeness.
- unapprehended (adj.)
- 1590s, "not understood;" 1610s, "not taken or arrested," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of apprehend (v.).
- unapproachable (adj.)
- 1580s, of places, from un- (1) "not" + approachable. Of persons, "distant, aloof," attested from 1848. Related: Unapproachably.
- unapproved (adj.)
- early 15c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of approve (v.).
- unarmed (adj.)
- c. 1300, "with armor removed," from un- (1) "not" + armed, or else past participle adjective from unarm "strip of armor" (c. 1300), from un- (2) "opposite of" + arm (v.). Meaning "not fitted to attack, weaponless" is from late 14c.
- unary (adj.)
- 1923, from Latin unus "one" (see one) on model of binary, etc.
- unashamed (adj.)
- c. 1500, implied in unashamedness, from un- (1) "not" + ashamed. Related: Unashamedly.
- unasked (adj.)
- mid-13c., "uninvited," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of ask (v.). Old English had ungeaxod.
- unaspiring (adj.)
- 1680s, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of aspire (v.).
- unassailable (adj.)
- 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + assailable (see assail (v.)). Related: Unassailably.
- unassimilated (adj.)
- 1748, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of assimilate (v.).
