ppl. a. Obs. exc. Sc. Also Sc. 6 onfarrand, 9 on-, unfarrant. [UN-1 10.] Unattractive, unpleasant. Also † Unfaringly adv. Obs.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, IX. ix. 52. Wyth drawin swerd in hand, And quhite targat, onsemly and onfarrand.
1519. Horman, Vulg., 57 b. He went with an vnfaryng chere [L. vultu abducto]. Ibid. He loked vnfaryngly [L. truci fuit aspectu].
c. 1530. trans. Erasmus Serm. Ch. Jesus (1901), 38. So that it, whiche a lytle to fore semed unfarynge, waxeth amyable: whiche semed amyable, waxeth vnfarynge.
1818. Hogg, Hunt of Eildon, ii. O, man, yere an unfarrant beast!
1887. Suppl. Jamieson, 179 An onfarant body.