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unkindled 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 kindled English unkindled From un- + kindled.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not kindled (lit, or set alight).
    • But "blind oblivion" obscured the memory of this ordinance, and the altars remained unkindled. 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 132:
  2. (broadly, not-comparable) Not aroused, awakened or stirred.