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Webster 1913 Edition


Unthank

Un-thank′

,
Noun.
[AS.
unpank
. See
Un-
not,
Thank
.]
No thanks; ill will; misfortune.
[Obs.]
Unthank
come on his head that bound him so.
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


unthank

unthank

English

Noun

unthank (uncountable)

  1. Lack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.
    • 2000, Francis G. Snyder, The Europeanisation of Law:
      It is always by this unthank that things are given to the observer that we pretend to have access to the truth of the word.
  2. Harm; injury; misfortune.
    Unthank come on his head that bound him so. Chaucer.

Etymology 2

From un- + thank.

Verb

unthank (third-person singular simple present unthanks, present participle unthanking, simple past and past participle unthanked)

  1. (transitive) To recant; unsay, as what has been said by way of acknowledgement.
  2. (transitive) To undo or withcall one's thankfulness; negate, cancel, or revoke one's thanks.