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adj
Not kissed; not having been kissed by someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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verb
simple past and past participle of unkiss
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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History
From Middle English on-kyst, unkest, unkissid, unkist, unkyste. By surface analysis, un- + kissed.
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *kw(e)s-der. Proto-Germanic *kussaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *kussijaną Proto-West Germanic *kussijan Old English cyssan Middle English kissen English kiss English unkiss English -ed English unkissed From unkiss + -ed.
