unˈkissed, ppl. a.
Also 4–7 unkist, etc.
[un-1 8. Cf. Du. ongekust, Sw. okysst.]
Not kissed; without being kissed.
| 1390 Gower Conf. II. 92 Ofte he goth to bedde unkist. a 1400 Hymns Virg. (1867) 80 We schulen go vnkist boþe at þe dore & at þe gate. a 1542 Wyatt ‘What should I say?’ 28 And thus betraide, Or that I wiste Farewell, unkiste! a 1592 Greene Jas. IV, i. ii, I cannot abide a full cup unkissed. 1852 Whittier April 11 Round the boles of the pine-wood the ground-laurel creeps, Unkissed of the sun⁓shine. 1870 Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 53 She sighed as those sweet sounds did fall From her unkissed lips. |
† b. In the phrase unknown (unknowe or uncouth), unkissed. Obs.
| 1374 Chaucer Troylus i. 809 Vnknowe vnkyst and lost þat is vn-sought. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 59 On old Englis it is said, unkissid is unknowun. 1562 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 148 Unknowen vnkist, and beyng knowen I weene, Thou art neuer kist, where thou mayst be seene. 1579 E. K. Ded. to Spenser's Sheph. Cal. §1 Our new Poete, who for that he is vncouthe (as said Chaucer) is vnkist, and vnknown to most men, is regarded but of few. c 1592 Nashe Mar-Martine xxii, Thou caytif kerne, vncouth thou art, vnkist thou eke sal bee. 1624 Bp. R. Montagu Immed. Addr. 119, I would gladly see and know, by what warrant I on Earth so vncouth and therefore vnkist,..can say unto them, Holy Peter, blessed Paul, pray for mee. a 1697 Aubrey Lives (1898) II. 254 He..ransackt the MSS. of the church of Hereford (there were a great many that lay uncouth and unkiss). [1897 V. Hunt (title), Unkist, Unkind!] |