unkynde

Middle English

Alternative forms

• onkynde, unkinde, un kynde
• hunkinde, onicunde, un-kinde, unicunde (Early Middle English); onkynd, unkynd (Late Middle English)
• onkende, unkende (East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent); on-kyynd (Promptorium Parvulorum)
• ounkende, ounkynde, uncunde, unkunde (Southern); on kunde, unkunde, unkuynde, un-kuynde (West Midland)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English uncynde, unġecynde; by surface analysis, un- +‎ kynde (“natural”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unˈkiːnd(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /unˈkeːnd(ə)/ (East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent)
• IPA^(key): /unˈkyːnd(ə)/ (Southern, West Midland)

Adjective

unkynde

1. Unnatural, abnormal:
   1. (especially horticulture) Degraded, deficient, corrupt.
   2. (especially medicine) Unhealthy, harmful, injurious.
   3. Immoral, depraved, perverse (especially sexually)
2. Disloyal, undutiful, ungrateful: lacking appreciation or loyalty:
   1. Unfaithful to one's family, spouse, or partner.
   2. Disobedient or rebellious towards one's country or ruler; unpatriotic.
   3. Impious; not compliant with a deity or religion's directives.
3. Uncaring, unkind, cruel; lacking empathy:
   1. Uncourteous, ignoble; base or rude.
   2. Uncharitable; inattentive towards the poor or subordinates.
4. (of weather) Tempestuous, oppressive.
5. Foreign, alien; not native.

Derived terms

• unkyndehede
• unkyndely
• unkyndenesse

Descendants

• English: unkind
• Middle Scots: unkynd
  • Scots: unkind

References

• “unkīnd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.