Welcome to another exciting episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! This is the fifth in our series of words that commonly appear only in the negative. And the Word of the Week is:
Unrequited:
Pronunciation: \ˌən-ri-ˈkwī-təd\
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1542
: not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
"unrequited." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.
Merriam-Webster Online. 28 May 2010
but how often do you ever hear the word:
Requited:
Pronunciation: \ri-ˈkwīt\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): re·quit·ed; re·quit·ing
Etymology: re- + obsolete quite to quit, pay, from Middle English quiten — more at quit
Date: 1529
1 a : to make return for : repay b : to make retaliation for : avenge
2 : to make suitable return to for a benefit or service or for an injury
"requited." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.
Merriam-Webster Online. 28 May 2010
Example: When George discovered that his love for Sue was unrequited, he demanded that he be requited the forty dollars he had invested in buying her roses.
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