▪ I. unˈwont, ppl. a. Now rare or Obs.
[un-1 8 b. Cf. G. ungewohnt, -wöhnt.]
1. Unusual; uncustomary; = unwonted ppl. a. 1.
| c 1400 Found. St. Bartholomew's 46 The man awakid was afrayed of this vnwount vision and..lost his wytte. c 1475 Cath. Angl. 423/2 (A.), To be vn Wonte, dessuere, dessuescere. c 1520 Barclay Jugurth (1557) 40 b, The vnwonte and sodayne feare of this treason. 1533–4 Acts 25 Hen. VIII, c. 21 §3 Yf it be thought..that dispensacions..in any suche cause unwonte shall passe. 1556 Olde Antichrist 52 b, A fearfull and an unwont blasing starre appeared. a 1568 Coverdale Bk. Death iii. xii. (1579) 300 If one die an vn⁓wonte death. 1611 Cotgr., Insolite, strange, vnused, vnaccustomed, vnwont. 1664 Butler Hud. ii. iii. 1185 He..with Activity unwont, Essay'd the lofty Beast to mount. 1816 Monthly Mag. XLI. 527 E'en in the chapel watch unwont is kept. 1827 Pollok Course T. i. 114 But what concern hangs on thy countenance, Unwont within this place? |
b. poet. Of persons: Strange in manner. rare—1.
| a 1843 Bamford Wild Rider iv, Poems (1864) 76 The knight, from that day, Was altered in look, and unwont in his way. |
2. Not wont, used, or accustomed to do something. Cf. unwonted ppl. a. 2 (a).
| 1552 R. Morysine in Tytler England (1839) II. 136 He hath a face unwont to disclose any hid affection of his heart. 1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. xi. 40 Groomes..Vnwont with heards to watch, or pasture sheepe. 1810 Scott Lady of L. ii. vii, Though [thou art] all unwont to bid in vain. 1823 Mrs. Hemans Siege Valencia 171 A stem Unwont to bend or break. 1829 Scott Anne of G. xiii, I am unwont to press my favours. |
Hence unˈwontness. rare.
| 1552 Huloet, Vnwontenes, insolentia, dissuetudo. 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosth. Orat. iv. 35 Beholde what an insolencie and vnwoontnesse the man is growne vnto. |
▪ II. † unˈwont, v. Obs. rare.
[un-2 3. Cf. unwone v.]
a. trans. = disaccustom v. 2. b. To disappoint.
| 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Se Desaccoustumer, to vnwoont. 1629 Gaule Pract. & The. 107 If (at any time) his Power and Will shall surprize mine vnwariness, or vn⁓wont mine expectation. |