unlaid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈleɪd/
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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 laid English unlaid From un- + laid.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) not laid
an unlaid egg
the first foundations of the world being as yet unlaid
[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):The table was still unlaid, despite Mum asking us the kids to lay it five times.
unlaid paving stones
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(not-comparable) not laid ▸ Not laid by exorcism
stubborn, unlaid ghost
1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
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(not-comparable, of a person, slang) not laid ▸ not having had sexual intercourse
I've been unlaid since my boyfriend left me 5 months ago, so I'm desperate for a shag!
He smiled at this proudly, like he was the campus pussy-bandit being lauded for his prowess by his unlaid friends.
2012, Norah Vincent, Thy Neighbor: A Novel, →ISBN:
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(not-comparable) not laid ▸ Not laid out, as a corpse.
With their pellets of small wit, / Parts of me they judg'd decay'd; / But we last out still unlay'd
a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
- (not-comparable, of paper) not laid ▸ Not marked with parallel lines.