unlaid

English

Etymology

un- + laid

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Adjective

unlaid (not comparable)

  1. not laid, not placed
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hooker to this entry?)
  2. not laid by exorcism
    • Milton
      stubborn, unlaid ghost
  3. (of a person, slang) not having had sexual intercourse
  4. Not laid out, as a corpse.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
  5. (of paper) Not laid; not marked with parallel lines.

Verb

unlaid

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unlay

References

  • unlaid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

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