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uninvited en · ADJ · etymology 1
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 invited
English uninvited
From un- + invited.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not invited.
But you, you're not allowed / You're uninvited / An unfortunate slight
1997, Alanis Morissette, “Uninvited”, performed by Alanis Morissette:
Deriveds
unvitation · uninvitedly
Translations (19)
grc ἀκέλευστος (not invited) · de ungebeten (not invited) · sv objuden (not invited) · de uneingeladen (not invited) · nn uboden (not invited) · da ubuden (not invited) · fi kutsumaton (not invited) · el ακάλεστος (not invited) · no uinvitert (not invited) · tr davetsiz (not invited) · ru неприглашённый (not invited) · nb ubuden (not invited) · ru незва́ный (not invited) · pdt onjefroacht (not invited) · pl niechciany (not invited) · bg неканен (not invited) · grc ἄκλητος (not invited) · hu hívatlan (not invited) · pl nieproszony (not invited)
uninvited en · NOUN · etymology 1
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 invited
English uninvited
From un- + invited.
Meanings
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(rare) One who was not invited.
The uninvited came to a Twilight concert! He was old and gray and blase and a cynic.
1917 April, Charme Seeds, “School Activities and the College Girl”, in The Ohio State University Monthly, volume 8, number 9, page 38:As if the uninvited was trying to escape from pain and that truth of that the lake's waters turned black because of her presence.
2020, Natali Stoyanov, translated by Ingrid Turis, The forest’s legends, →ISBN:In the future, if you know that you're going to be mixing inviteds and uninviteds while out, call them all ahead of time to caution the inviteds against talking about the wedding and to tell the uninviteds about your guest list so they know you didn't forget about them […]
2011, Sam Scholfield, Awkward.: What to Do When Life Makes You Cringe-A Survival Guide:
Forms
uninvited en · VERB · etymology 2
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Meanings
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of uninvite