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un·hal·lowed
/
ʌnˈhæl
oʊd
/
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uhn-
hal
-ohd
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adjective
1.
not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred:
unhallowed ground.
2.
impious; unholy.
3.
wicked or sinful:
unhallowed practices.
Origin:
before 1000;
Middle English
unhalewed,
Old English
unhālghod,
ungehālghod;
see
un-
1
,
hallowed
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un·hal·low
/
ʌnˈhæl
oʊ
/
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[
uhn-
hal
-oh
]
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verb (used with object)
to desecrate; profane.
Origin:
1525–35;
un-
2
+
hallow
1
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unhallow
(ʌnˈhæləʊ)
—
vb
archaic
(
tr
) to desecrate
unhallowed
(ʌnˈhæləʊd)
—
adj
1.
not consecrated or holy:
unhallowed ground
2.
sinful or profane
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
unhallowed
O.E. unhalgod, from
un-
(1) "not" + pp. of
hallow
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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