unhouseled

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adjective

Not having received Eucharist.

OriginEnglish houseled ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunhouseled (not comparable)

alternative unhouselled

  1. not comparableobsoleteNot having received Eucharist.

    Vnhouzzled, diſappointed, vnnaneld

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], line 77

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. Englishhouseled
  9. Englishunhouseled

From un- + houseled.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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