unwont

English

Etymology

un- +‎ wont

Adjective

unwont (comparative more unwont, superlative most unwont)

  1. (archaic) unwonted; unused; unaccustomed
    • Sir Walter Scott
      I am unwont to press my favours, or to deal with priests who require entreaty, when gifts are held out to them.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unwont in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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