unholy
English
adj
Definitions
- Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.
- Dreadful, terrible, or otherwise atrocious.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English unholi inherited from Old English unhāliġ inherited from Proto-Germanic *unhailagaz prefix from English holy.
Origin
English
holy
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Holy Book English
- Holy Spirit English
- Holy Trinity English
- Holyrood English
- Holywell English
- Holywood English
- halibut English
- halidom English
- holiday English
- holily English
- holiness English
- holinight English
- holy English
- holy fire English
- holy water English
- holystone English
- nonholy English
- overholy English
- pope-holy English
- unholily English
- unholiness English
- whole English
- heilig German
- unheilig German
- heilig Dutch, Flemish
- on- Dutch, Flemish
- onheilig Dutch, Flemish
- *unhailagaz Proto-Germanic
- unhāliġ Old English
- holi Middle English
- unholi Middle English
- holi Tok Pisin