unwashen

English

Etymology

From Middle English unwaschen, from Old English unwæsċen (“not washed”), equivalent to un- +‎ washen.

Adjective

unwashen (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of unwashed.
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark vij:[5], folio liij, verso:

     Then axed hym the phariſes and ſcribꝭ: why walke not thy diſciples accoꝛdinge to the tradicions of the ſeniours / butt eate bꝛeede with vnweſſhẽ hondꝭ?

   • 1930 July, John Buchan, “The First Day of the Hegira—The Inn at Watermeeting”, in Castle Gay, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, page 140:

     Then as an overbow of water from the creases of his cap reached his unwashen neck he broke into profanity about the weather, concluding with a malediction on the unhappy terrier, who showed signs of again entangling his lead.

References

• “unwashen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.