unlaid

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ laid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unlaid (not comparable)

  1. not laid
    an unlaid egg
    unlaid paving stones
    The table was still unlaid, despite Mum asking us the kids to lay it five times.
    1. Not laid by exorcism
    2. (of a person, slang) not having had sexual intercourse
      I've been unlaid since my boyfriend left me 5 months ago, so I'm desperate for a shag!
    3. Not laid out, as a corpse.
      • 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:
        With their pellets of small wit, / Parts of me they judg'd decay'd; / But we last out still unlay'd
    4. (of paper) Not marked with parallel lines.

Verb

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unlaid

  1. simple past and past participle of unlay

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