un-English

See also: unEnglish

English

Alternative forms

• unEnglish

Etymology

From un- +‎ English.

Adjective

un-English (comparative more un-English, superlative most un-English)

1. Not English.

   Synonym: non-English

   • 2009, Donka Minkova, Robert Stockwell, English Words: History and Structure, page 24:

     A quick scan of a couple of pages in a dictionary that records the origin of our vocabulary reveals that many entries in it are historically “un-English.” This is not surprising; languages travel […]

   • 1999, Ton Hoenselaars, Marius Buning, English Literature and the Other Languages, page 41:

     Fowler effectively refuted critics who had argued that Milton's high style was un-English, but he overstated the case.

Verb

un-English (third-person singular simple present un-Englishes, present participle un-Englishing, simple past and past participle un-Englished)

1. (transitive) To make no longer English; to divest of English character or language.