unwed
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛd
Adjective[edit]
unwed (not comparable)
- Not married.
Translations[edit]
not married — see unmarried
Noun[edit]
unwed (plural unweds)
- One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster.
- 1944, Emily Carr, “Unmarried”, in The House of All Sorts[1]:
- Perhaps the most awkward situation for the inexperienced young landlady was how to deal with “unweds.”
- Should unweds living together receive the same social benefits as married couples?
Translations[edit]
bachelor or a spinster — see unmarried
Verb[edit]
unwed (third-person singular simple present unweds, present participle unwedding, simple past and past participle unwed or unwedded)
- (transitive) To annul the marriage of.
- 1918, All the World, volume 39, page 304:
- At last it was determined to unwed the unhappy pair, during the arrangements for which the husband was arrested and put into jail for six months for rioting.
- (transitive, figurative) To separate.
- 2008, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Studies in Literature: Third Series, page 206:
- A singer must be a fool indeed if you do not hear through Sullivan's notes the exact language of any song. Take, for example, the well-known Sentry song in Iolanthe and attempt to unwed the wit of the air from the wit of the thought and words; […]