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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unappetising en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English appetising English unappetising From un- + appetising.

Meanings

  1. (UK, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of unappetizing.
    • Mrs. Michael turned out to be a ravenous, fast-fading woman in a slashed skirt and a low blouse over an unappetising chest. While her husband did things in his shed, where he appeared to live, Pym inexpertly mixed the Yorkshire pudding and fought off her embraces... 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

Forms

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more unappetising Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unappetising Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unappetisingly · unappetisingness