uncunning
English
Etymology
From Middle English unconnyng; equivalent to un- + cunning.
Adjective
uncunning (comparative more uncunning, superlative most uncunning)
- Not cunning or crafty.
- (obsolete) Ignorant; lacking knowledge[1].
- c. 1382 (date written), Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “Boetius de consolatione Philosophie”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC:
- But if ye Muses hadden withdrawen fro me, with your flateryes, any uncunninge and unprofitable man, as men ben wont to finde comunly amonges the poeple
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References
- “uncunning”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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