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unˈcastrated, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not castrated; ungelded; entire.
1725Fam. Dict., Ram, the uncastrated Male of the Sheep-Kind. 1764C. Churchill The Times 29 Where is the Mother,..Who not permits, e'en for the sake of pray'r, A Priest, uncastrated, to enter there?
2. Not mutilated or expurgated.
1737Oldys Librarian 159 note, About the middle of the late King's Reign, an uncastrated Copy did arise. 1817D'Israeli Cur. Lit. III. 196 note, It is a quarto tract,..inserted in the uncastrated edition of Milton's prose works in 1738. 1822–56De Quincey Confess. (1862) 145 An uncastrated Decamerone or other dazzling κειµήλιον. 1886Athenæum 16 Jan. 103/2 The genuine Giunta uncastrated edition [fetched] 81 l. |