unwrought

English

Etymology

From Middle English unwrought, unwroght, unwrouȝt, equivalent to un- + wrought. Doublet of unworked.

Adjective

unwrought (comparative more unwrought, superlative most unwrought)

  1. In the native state, before being worked on; especially used of bars of bullion and other metal

Translations

Verb

unwrought

  1. simple past and past participle of unwork
    • c. 1845-46, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnets from the Portuguese”, in If Thou Must Love Me:
      [] Do not say
      ‘I love her for her smile — her look — her way
      Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought
      That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
      A sense of pleasant ease on such a day’ —
      For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
      Be changed, or change for thee, — and love so wrought,
      May be unwrought so. []
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