uneared

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws

Proto-Germanic *ausô

Proto-West Germanic *auʀā

Old English ēare

Middle English ere

English ear

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Old English -ed

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz

Old English -od

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English eared

English uneared

From un- + eared.

Adjective

uneared (comparative more uneared, superlative most uneared)

1. (obsolete) unploughed
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 3”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     For where is she so fair whose uneared womb
     Disdains the tillage of thy husbandry?

2. earless; without ears