unromantic

[Pref. un- (1), and English romantic.] Not romantic; not characterized by romance. "It is a base, unromantick spirit not to wait on you." Swift . un-roof', v . t . [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. roof .] To deprive of its roof; to strip the roof off. "The rabble should have first unroof'd the city." Shakesp.: Coriolanus , i. 1. *ŭn-roôst-ěd, a. [Pref. un (2), and English roosted.] Driven from the roost or place of rest. "Thou dotard! thou art woman-tir'd, unroosted." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale , ii. 3. un-roôt', v . t . & i. [Pref. un- (2), and English root, v.] A. Trans.: Τo tear up by the roots; to uproot, to extirpate, to eradicate. "To feed the fires, unroot the standing woods." Pitt: Virgil's Æneid, vi. *B. In trans.: To be torn up by the roots. "Make their strength totter, and their tople fortunes Unroot and reel to mine."" Beaum. & Flet.: Bonduc a, iii. 2. *un-rot-ten, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. rotten .] Not rotten, not putrefied, not corrupted. ( Lit. & fig.) "Every friend unrotten at the core." Young: Night Thoughts , ii. 564. *un-rough'(ghas f), a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. rough.] Not rough; smooth, unbearded. "Many unrough youths."-Shakesp.: Macbeth , v. 2. un-round-ěd, a. [Pref. un- (1), and English rounded.] Not rounded; not shaped or formed to a circle or sphere. "Negligently left unrounded ."-Donne: Elegy , xii. un-rout-ed, a. [Prof. un- (1), and Eng. routed.] Not routed, not defeated; not put to flight. "Stands firm and yet unrouted." Beaum , & Flet .: Prophete , iv. 5. *un-roy-al, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. royal .] Not royal; not regal or kingly; unprincely. "He sent them with unroyal reproaches to Musidorus." -Sidney: Arcadia , bk. ii. *ŭn-rûde', a . [In sense 1 from prof. un- (1), and Eng, rude ; in sense 2 from pref. un- (2), 3.] 1. Not rude; polished. "A man unrude." -Herrick: Hesperides , p. 156. 2. Exce ively rude. IMG:content-0230.png:[blocks in formation] "They breaking forth with rude unruliment." Spenser: F. Q., IV. ix. 23.