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Unfriend

//ˈʌnfɹɛnd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
One who is not a friend; an enemy.
"It is even as I suspected, my lord, […] Ye have back-friends, my lord, that is, unfriends—or, to be plain, enemies—about the person of the Prince."

Verb

1
To sever as friends. rare
""I hope, sir, that we are not mutually Unfriended by this Difference which hath happened betwixt us.""
2
To remove someone from your list of friends on a social network wordnet
3
To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website).
""I asked her why, she said it was because I didn't comment, and I shrugged and said whatever. I didn't unfriend her.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English unfreend, onfrend, equivalent to un- (noun/adjective prefix) + friend. Cognate with Scots unfrend (“unfriend”). Compare Old English unfriþmann, unwine.

Etymology 2

From un- (verb prefix) + friend. Compare Dutch ontvrienden (“to unfriend”), German entfreunden (“to unfriend”).

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