un-English

adj

Etymology

From un- (“reversive”) + English.

  1. derived from *h₂enǵʰ-
  2. inherited from Englisċ
  3. inherited from Englisch
  4. formed as un-english — “un- + English

Definitions

  1. Not English.

    • A quick scan of a couple of pages in a dictionary that records the origin of our vocabulary reveals that many entries in it are historically “un-English.” This is not surprising; languages travel […]
    • Fowler effectively refuted critics who had argued that Milton's high style was un-English, but he overstated the case.
  2. To make no longer English

    To make no longer English; to divest of English character or language.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for un-English. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA