unclean

adjectiveattested in dialogue

//ʌnˈkliːn//

Dirty, soiled or foul.

adjective

1
Dirty, soiled or foul.
They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick.
2
Not moral or chaste.
I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean.
3
Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.

Etymology

From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- + clean.

Forms

comparative: uncleaner
superlative: uncleanest

uncertainty · Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.uncle · The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.Uncle · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter U.

unclean · Dirty, soiled or foul.

unclear · Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation.uncomfortable · Not comfortable; causing discomfort.uncommon · Rare; not readily found; unusual.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.