unquick

English

Etymology

un- +‎ quick

Adjective

unquick (comparative more unquick, superlative most unquick)

  1. Not quick.
    • 1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
      His Senses droop, his ſteddy Eyes unquick

References

“unquick”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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