Meanings
verbunkiss (third-person singular simple present unkisses, present participle unkissing, simple past and past participle unkissed)
present singular third person unkisses · participle present unkissing · participle past unkissed · past unkissed
- obsoleteTo cancel or annul something that was done or sealed with a kiss.
Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me.
1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]
Origin
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*kw(e)s-
- Proto-Germanic*kussaz
- Proto-Germanic*kussijaną
- Proto-West Germanic*kussijan
- Old Englishcyssan
- Middle Englishkissen
- Englishkiss
- Englishunkiss
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APA
unkiss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkiss
MLA
“unkiss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkiss. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unkiss,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkiss.
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