Unwrought
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of unwork form-of, participle, past
"[…]Do not say ‘I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day’ — For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee, — and love so wrought, May be unwrought so.[…]"
- 1 In the native state, before being worked on; especially used of bars of bullion and other metal
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More examples"[…]Do not say ‘I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day’ — For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee, — and love so wrought, May be unwrought so.[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English unwrought, unwroght, unwrouȝt, equivalent to un- + wrought. Doublet of unworked.
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