unlaid

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/ʌnˈleɪd/

adjective

not laid

“an unlaid egg”

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

adjectiveunlaid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenot laid

    an unlaid egg

    3 more examples

    unlaid paving stones

    The table was still unlaid, despite Mum asking us the kids to lay it five times.

    the first foundations of the world being as yet unlaid

    [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
    1. not comparableNot laid by exorcism

      stubborn, unlaid ghost

      Comus

      1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC
    2. not comparableslangnot having had sexual intercourse

      I've been unlaid since my boyfriend left me 5 months ago, so I'm desperate for a shag!

      1 more example

      He smiled at this proudly, like he was the campus pussy-bandit being lauded for his prowess by his unlaid friends.

      2012, Norah Vincent, Thy Neighbor: A Novel, →ISBN
    3. not comparableNot laid out, as a corpse.

      With their pellets of small wit, / Parts of me they judg'd decay'd; / But we last out still unlay'd

      a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC
    4. not comparableNot marked with parallel lines.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unlay

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. Englishlaid
  9. Englishunlaid

From un- + laid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unlaid

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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