Definitions
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- noun
Absence orlack ofhope ;hopelessness ;despair .
Etymologies
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From Middle English, equivalent to un- + hope.
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Examples
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Ant tis ilke unhope is ham meast pine. þ̵ nan naueð neau {er} mare hope of nan a {} couerunge.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Guleesh and the priest sat up the entire night with her, waiting till she should awake, and they between hope and unhope, between expectation of saving her and fear of hurting her.
Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885
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