unlief
unlief · more unlief · most unlief
Not dear or beloved; unliked; unpleasant, hatefulNot dear or beloved; unliked; unpleasant, hateful.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)Not dear or beloved; unliked; unpleasant, hateful.
Origin
From Middle English unleeffe, unlef, from Old English unlēof (“not dear, not beloved, odioFrom Middle English unleeffe, unlef, from Old English unlēof (“not dear, not beloved, odious, hateful”), from Proto-West Germanic *unleub (“unloved, unpleasant”), from Proto-Germanic *unleubaz (“not dear, unpleasant”). By surface analysis, un- + lief. Cognate with Dutch onlief, German unlieb, Icelandic óljúfur (“unpleasant”).
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Forms
more unlief, most unlief| Comparative | more unlief Lesson |
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| Superlative | most unlief Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form