unwrought

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English unwrought, unwroght, unwrouȝt, equivalent to un- +‎ wrought. Doublet of unworked.

Adjective

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unwrought (comparative more unwrought, superlative most unwrought)

  1. In the native state, before being worked on; especially used of bars of bullion and other metal

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Verb

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unwrought

  1. simple past and past participle of unwork
    • c. 1845-46, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnets from the Portuguese”, in If Thou Must Love Me[1]:
      [] Do not say
      ‘I love her for her smile — her look — her way
      Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought
      That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
      A sense of pleasant ease on such a day’ —
      For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
      Be changed, or change for thee, — and love so wrought,
      May be unwrought so. []