A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1600-1673
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Unexpected, Wnexpected, ppl. adj. and adv. [e.m.E. unexpected (a1586).] a. ppl. adj. That is not anticipated. b. adv. Unexpectedly. —a. ppl. adj. 1600 Colville Palinode 4.
I will minister vnto you an vnexpected medecine, for the inexpected wound that I haue opened vp vnto you 1639 Acts V 257/1 (see Unexemplified ppl. adj.).
Wnexpected —b. adv. 1673 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. IV 113.
The Parliament is unexpected adjourned