unarguing

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adjective

Not engaging in argument.

OriginEnglish arguing ← Middle English arguen ← Old French arguer →
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Meanings

adjectiveunarguing (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot engaging in argument.

    I stood, the safety of a slave-female forced upon me, foul-humored yet unarguing, awaiting the time my sword might drink of enemy blood with none to deny me.

    1984, Sharon Green, Chosen of Mida, page 33

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  10. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  11. Latinarguō
  12. Old Frencharguer
  13. Middle Englisharguen
  14. Englisharguing
  15. Englishunarguing

From un- + arguing.

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Cite this entry
APA

unarguing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarguing

MLA

“unarguing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarguing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unarguing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarguing.

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