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unwhelm

verb

Etymology

From un- + whelm.

  1. derived from *kʷelp-✻ — “to curve”
  2. derived from *hwalbą✻ — “arch, vault”
  3. derived from *hwalb✻
  4. inherited from *hwealmnian✻
  5. inherited from whelmen — “to turn over, capsize; to invert, turn upside down”
  6. prefixed as unwhelm — “un + whelm”

Definitions

  1. To raise (someone) up from under something that has overwhelmed them.

    • ‘Well,’ said Caroline, unwhelming herself of a sudden access of confidence in the Baron’s disinterestedness

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