unwashen
English
Etymology
From Middle English unwaschen, from Old English unwæsċen (“not washed”), equivalent to un- + washen.
Adjective
unwashen (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of unwashed.
- (Can we date this quote by Authorised Version and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), Mark, 7, 5.
- Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Scott to this entry?)
- (Can we date this quote by Authorised Version and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), Mark, 7, 5.
References
- unwashen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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