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unˈbonneted, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] 1. Not wearing a bonnet; having the head uncovered, spec. as a mark of respect. Also fig.
1604Shakes. Oth. i. ii. 23 My demerites May speake (vnbonnetted) to as proud a Fortune As this that I haue reach'd. 1605― Lear iii. i. 14 (Qo. 1), This night..vnbonneted he runnes, And bids what will take all. 1818Lamb Sonn. x, Wet and chilly on thy deck I stood Unbonnetted and gazed upon the flood. 1823Scott Quentin D. xxvi, ‘No,’ replied the gray-headed seneschal, who attended upon him unbonneted. 1863Thornbury True as Steel I. 208 Standing unbonneted before his good master. 2. Of the head: Not covered by a bonnet.
1820Scott Monast. xi, Halbert, his head unbonneted,..sped up..the little valley of Glendearg. 1876M. M. Grant Sun-Maid ix, A broad parasol shielded her unbonneted head. |