unblessed

English

Alternative forms

unblest (archaic)

Etymology

From un- +‎ blessed.

Pronunciation

(adjective) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈblɛst/, /ʌnˈblɛsɪd/
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(verb) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈblɛst/
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Adjective

unblessed (not comparable)

Not blessed.
- 1725, Homer, “Book I”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
  The god, vindictive, doom'd them never more / (Ah, men unbless'd!) to touch that natal shore.

Translations

not blessed

Dutch: onzalig (nl)
Greek: αβλόγητος (el) (avlógitos), αλειτούργητος (el) (aleitoúrgitos)
Hungarian: áldatlan (hu)
Manx: neuvannee, neuvannit
Old English: unsǣliġ

Verb

unblessed

past participle of unbless

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