unwashen
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English unwaschen, from Old English unwæsċen (“not washed”), equivalent to un- + washen.
Adjective edit
unwashen (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of unwashed.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 7:5:
- Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Scott to this entry?)
References edit
- “unwashen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.