uncomely
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English uncomli, uncomelich, uncumelich, unkumelich, equivalent to un- + comely.
Adjective edit
uncomely (comparative uncomelier, superlative uncomeliest)
- Not comely.
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English uncomly, uncomli, from the adjective (see above).
Adverb edit
uncomely (comparative more uncomely, superlative most uncomely)
- In an uncomely way; inappropriately, unappealingly.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- The first troupe was a monstrous rablement / Of fowle misshapen wights, of which some were / Headed like Owles, with beckes vncomely bent […]
References edit
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Uncomely”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 92, column 1.