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  UN-:AMERICAN:, adj.  Wicked, intolerable, heathenish.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Un- \Un-\ [OE. & AS. un-; akin to OFries. un-, D. on-, OS.,
     OHG., & G. un-, Icel. [=o]-, [=u]-, Sw. o-, Dan. u-, W. an-,
     L. in-, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. an-, a-. [root]193. Cf. A- not In-
     not, No, adv.]
     An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-;
     non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or
     else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider
     application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective,
     or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may
     be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or
     adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un-
     sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless,
     unremorseless.
     I . Un- is prefixed to adjectives, or to words used
       adjectively. Specifically: 
     (a) To adjectives, to denote the absence of the quality
         designated by the adjective;
     (b) To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the
         analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the
         condition or state expressed by them;
     (c) To present particles which come from intransitive verbs,
         or are themselves employed as adjectives, to mark the
         absence of the activity, disposition, or condition
         implied by the participle;
  
     Note: The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and
           such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker
           at will from almost all the adjectives or participles
           in the language, excepting those which have a
           recognized and usual negative correspondent with the
           prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to
           define them all in this Dictionary; many will be
           omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the
           simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a
           not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly
           and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for
           the same or similar reasons.
           There will be inserted as separate articles with
           definitions, the following:
           1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary,
           instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly,
           ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else
           an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would
           express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined,
           undoubted, unsafe, and the like.
           2. Those which have the value of independent words,
           inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at
           all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently,
           used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable,
           unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or
           inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the
           usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of
           the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable,
           unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and
           the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and
           familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of
           negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like.
           3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some
           other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so
           indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for
           dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and
           the like.
     II . Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or
        the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as,
        unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the
        like.
  
     Note: Compounds of this last class are given in full in their
           proper order in the Vocabulary.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Un- \Un-\ [OE. un-, on-, the unaccented form of the accented
     prefix and- (cf. Answer); akin to D. ont-, G. ent-, OHG.
     int-, Goth. and-. See Anti-.]
     An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed:
     (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple
         negative, of the action of the verb to which it is
         prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold.
     (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing,
         quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation
         from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and
         participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide
         in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d
         Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened,
         ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not
         done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an
         intensive force merely; as in unloose.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Compounds of this prefix are given in full in their
           proper order in the Vocabulary.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Un- \Un-\ [OE. & AS. un-; akin to OFries. un-, D. on-, OS.,
     OHG., & G. un-, Icel. [=o]-, [=u]-, Sw. o-, Dan. u-, W. an-,
     L. in-, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. an-, a-. [root]193. Cf. A- not In-
     not, No, adv.]
     An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-;
     non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or
     else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider
     application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective,
     or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may
     be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or
     adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un-
     sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless,
     unremorseless.
     I . Un- is prefixed to adjectives, or to words used
       adjectively. Specifically:
     (a) To adjectives, to denote the absence of the quality
         designated by the adjective; as,

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Un- \Un-\ [OE. un-, on-, the unaccented form of the accented
     prefix and- (cf. Answer); akin to D. ont-, G. ent-, OHG.
     int-, Goth. and-. See Anti-.]
     An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed:
     (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple
         negative, of the action of the verb to which it is
         prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold.
     (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing,
         quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation
         from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and
         participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide
         in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d
         Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened,
         ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not
         done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an
         intensive force merely; as in unloose.
  
     Note: Compounds of this prefix are given in full in their
           proper order in the Vocabulary.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  UN
       n : an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to
           promote international peace and security [syn: United
           Nations]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  un
     Ίντο num.
     ένα
     Τουρκικά n.
     αλεύρι