OT: Microsoft Word doesn't recognize "unassayed"

CaptHenway

Was typing up an appraisal and used the word "unassayed" in reference to some raw gold. Got the red squiggle and was curious how spellcheck would spell it. The first suggested alternative spelling was "unmassaged"!!!
LOL
TD

airplanenut

Easy fix. Right click on the word, and select "add to dictionary"

kimon1230

That's unpossible!

MikeInFL

Clearly your spell checker is in need of a good massage.

WoodenJefferson

unassayedclearly it does exsist...somewhere

Pentimento

Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edition, 1989

c1374 CHAUCER Boeth. II. pr. iv. (1868) 42 Alwey to euery man ere is..somwhat at vnassaied he ne wot not, or ellys he dredi at he ha assaied.

c1403 LYDG. Temple Glas 1249 For vn-assaied men may no troue preue.

1513 DOUGLAS Æneid VIII. iv. 58 Na maner of wickitnes nor dissait Mycht be, that he ne durst nocht tak on hand, Ne onassait leif.

1560 J. DAUS tr. Sleidane's Comm. 195b, Who leaveth no waye unassayed to accomplyshe his ambition.

1617 MORYSON Itin. I. 275 These good fellowes leave nothing unassaied, in the wished discovery of these fraudes.

1649 MILTON Eikon. xi. Wks. 1851 III. 427 To be ridd of these mortifying Propositions he leaves no tyrannical evasion unassaid.

1708 PHILIPS Cyder I. 362 They sedulously think To meliorate thy Stock; no Way, or Rule Be unassay'd.

1784 COWPER Task III. 451 To raise the pr*ckly and green-coated gourd,..is an art..at this moment unassay'd in song.

1912 LADY BURGHCLERE Life Dk. Ormonde I. x. 317 He could not afford to leave unassayed any issue that promised escape.

<edit to remove the offensive word-- pr*ckly>

coppercoins

It also doesn't understand "mintmark" as a single word - as is used by a number of numismatic authors. Yes, yes...it does come in the two-word version as well, and it understands the two words separately, but I prefer the single word version.