unfeaty
English
Etymology
Apparently from un- (“not”) + featy,[1] which is, however, first attested later, from feat + -y.[2]
Adjective
unfeaty (comparative more unfeaty, superlative most unfeaty)
- (obsolete, rare) Not feat or dexterous; clumsy.
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
- He never saw more unfeaty [clumsy] fellows than great clerks were.
References
- “unfeaty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “unfeaty, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “unfeaty, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.