Meanings
comparative more unbefriended · superlative most unbefriended
- Not befriended; lacking friends.
I found him, lonely and unbefriended, the very next night after our talk, at the Dugald Delane's dinner.
[1889 January], Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere. II. Showing What was Born of the Great Idea.”, in Under the Deodars (A. H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library; no. 4), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: A[rthur] H[enry] Wheeler & Co.; London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 181 more example
But the Lord of Men allowed me to behold an ancient sword shining on the wall - for he often helps the unbefriended - a weapon made for giants, there for the wielding.
1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 54
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
- Proto-Germanic*bi
- Proto-Germanic*bi-
- Proto-West Germanic*bi-
- Old Englishbe-
- Middle Englishbi-
- Englishbe-
- Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
- Proto-Indo-European*priHós
- Proto-Germanic*frijōną
- Proto-Germanic*frijōndz
- Proto-West Germanic*friund
- Old Englishfrēond
- Middle Englishfrend
- Englishfriend
- Englishbefriended
- Englishunbefriended
From un- + befriended.
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