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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 snuffed English unsnuffed From un- + snuffed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not snuffed.
The unsnuffed candlewick was crowned with a tuft of sooty ash, the fire had died down into a few dull red and white embers […]
1865, Isabella Banks, God's Providence House, volume 2, page 72: