2. (Med.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.
This word was formerly regarded as an Americanism, but is now in common use among all who speak
the English language.
Unwellness
(Un*well"ness), n. Quality or state of being unwell.
Unwemmed
(Un*wemmed") a. Not blemished; undefiled; pure. [Obs.] Wyclif.
With body clean and with unwemmed thought.
Chaucer. Unwhole
(Un*whole") a. [AS. unhal. See Un- not, and Whole.] Not whole; unsound. [Obs.]
Unwieldy
(Un*wield"y) a. Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous. "A fat, unwieldy
body of fifty-eight years old." Clarendon.
— Un*wield"i*ly adv. — Un*wield"i*ness, n.
Unwild
(Un*wild") v. t. [1st pref. un- + wild.] To tame; to subdue. [Obs. & R.] Sylvester.
Unwill
(Un*will") v. t. [1st pref. un- + will.] To annul or reverse by an act of the will. Longfellow.
Unwilled
(Un*willed") a. [1st pref. un- + will.] Deprived of the faculty of will or volition. Mrs. Browning.
Unwilling
(Un*will"ing) a. Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.
And drop at last, but in unwilling ears,
This saving counsel, "Keep your piece nine years."
Pope. — Un*will"ing*ly, adv. — Un*will"ing*ness, n.
Unwind
(Un*wind") v. t. [AS. unwindan. See 1st Un-, and Wind to coil.]
1. To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to
unwind a ball of yarn.
2. To disentangle. [Obs.] Hooker.
Unwind
(Un*wind"), v. i. To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
Unwisdom
(Un*wis"dom) n. Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.
Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom
which could except to regulate private habits and manners by statute.
J. A. Froude. Unwise
(Un*wise") a. [AS. unwis. See Un- not, and Wise, a.] Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as,
an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
Unwisely
(Un*wise"ly), adv. [AS. unwislice.] In an unwise manner; foolishly.
Unwish
(Un*wish") v. t. [1st pref. un- + wish.] To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. [Obs.]
Now thou hast unwished five thousand men.
Shak. Unwist
(Un*wist") a.
1. Not known; unknown. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
2. Not knowing; unwitting. [Obs.] Wyclif.
