unheired

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ heir +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: unaired

Adjective

unheired (not comparable)

1. without an heir; heirless.
   • [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

     to leave him utterly unheired

     The spelling has been modernized.

   • 2018, Tristan Palmgren, Quietus:

     Though Joanna and Andreas had consummated their marriage, it would have been ridiculous for a queen to remain unmarried and unheired. Joanna aimed to put herself back on the royal marriage market.

References

• “unheired”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.