ungain
English
Etymology
From Middle English ungain, ungayn, ungein, equivalent to un- + gain (“suitable; convenient”). See ungainly.
Adjective
ungain (comparative more ungain, superlative most ungain)
- (obsolete or Britain, dialectal) ungainly; clumsy; awkward
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
- (obsolete or Britain, dialectal) troublesome; inconvenient
Derived terms
- ungainly (adverb)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ungain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Guinan, guanin