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ˈwanworth, a. and n. Sc. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.) [f. wan- + worth a. and n.] a. adj. Worthless. b. n. ‘An undervalue’ (Jam.).17.. Ramsay Dunbar's Flyting in Evergreen II. 57 Worlin wanworth [the original has Forworthin wirling]. a 1774 Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 88 The Council winna lack sae meikle g...
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▪ I. unˈworth, n. [un-1 12. Cf. Du. onwaarde, G. unwerth, Da. uværd worthlessness; also wanworth n.] † 1. Lack of merit or desert. Obs. rare.1340 Ayenb. 35 Þe þridde manere of gavelinge is ine ham þet habbeþ onworþ to lene of hire hand. Ibid. 270 Dyad he [sc. Christ] is, þou hest hueruore: and to st...
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wan-
wan- (wɒn) a prefix expressing privation or negation (approximately equivalent to un-1 or mis-), repr. OE. wan-, wǫn-, corresponding to OFris. wan-, won-, OS. wan- (only in wanskefti misfortune = OE. wansceaft), MLG., MDu. wan- (mod.Du. in many new formations, esp. in the sense ‘wrong’, ‘mis-’, as i...
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