Middle English Dictionary Entry
unquiē̆t(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | unquiē̆t(e adj. |
| Etymology | From quiē̆t(e adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a person: irascible, quarrelsome; of one’s tongue: given to backbiting or troublemaking;
(b) of one’s conscience: troubled, agitated, not at peace;
(c) of the sea: turbulent, never quiet;
(d) of an aposteme: active, in the process of worsening.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Thes.5.14 : Reproue, or chastyse, ȝe vnquyete [WB(2): vnpesible] men, Comforte ȝe men of litil herte.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Jas.3.8 : The tunge…is an vnquyet, or vnpesible, yuel thing, and ful of deedly venym.
b
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)139/22 : Boþe causes humbleþ and hurleþ doun þe conscience and makeþ hure unquiet wiþoute reste, while he feliþ þe olde passiouns and sinnes not dede, for here lenew loue.
c
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)769/3 : The Hiberium see toward Britayne is ful of wawes and vnquyete and alle þe ȝeere, unneþe able to sayle ynne but fewe dayes.
d
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.103/13 : Cancer aposteme is a bolnyng, hard, round, venenous, fusc, swiftely adding, vnquiete, & dolorous.