unnun

English

Etymology

From un- + nun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈnʌn/

Verb

unnun (third-person singular simple present unnuns, present participle unnunning, simple past and past participle unnunned)

  1. (transitive, rare) To remove from the condition of being a nun.
    • 1639, Thomas Fuller, “The Hospitallers in England Stoutly Withstand Three Severall Assaults, which Overthrew All Other Religious Foundations”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: [] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], →OCLC, book V (A Supplement of the Historie of the Holy Warre), page 238:
      The ſupreſſion of the Hoſpitallers in England deſerveth eſpeciall notice, [] the Regulars therein tied to a ſtrict and punctuall obſervation of their orders without any relaxation of the leaſt libertie; inſomuch that many did quickly un-nunne and disfriar themſelves, []

References

Japanese

Romanization

unnun

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うんぬん
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