English Explanatory Dictionary

unwhole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not whole.

Word forms

unwhole

Etymology

From Middle English unhole, unhol, unhal, from Old English unhāl (“unwhole; unhealthy; sick; infirm”), from Proto-Germanic *unhailaz (“not whole; unhealthy”), equivalent to un- + whole. Cognate with Old High German unheil, Old Norse úheill, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (unhails).

Synonyms

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