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unˈfashioned, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not wrought into form or shape.
1538Elyot, Ineffigiatus, vnfacyoned, withoute good proporcyon. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 38 When Moses sheweth that the very vnfashioned lump [of the world] was susteined in him [sc. the Spirit]. 1635Donne Elegy xv. 97 Countlesse multitudes Of formlesse curses, projects unmade up, Abuses yet unfashion'd. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. b j, Go forth, thou shapeless Embryon of my Brain, Unfashion'd as thou art. 1712Spect. No. 554 ⁋9 Many a good natural Genius is lost, or lies unfashioned, like a Jewel in the Mine. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 330, I see the lords of human kind pass by.., By forms unfashion'd, fresh from Nature's hand. 1848T. Aird Winter Day, Evening 24 A cloudy confluence of unfashioned light.
†2. Not refined or polished; not made elegant or fashionable:
a. Of persons. Obs.
1606Daniel Queen's Arcadia 2509 Worthier people too, of subtler spirits, Then these vnfashion'd and vncomb'd rude swaines. 1673Dryden Marr. à la Mode ii. i, An unfashioned untravelled mere Sicilian is a bête. 1711Steele Spect. No. 154 ⁋2 A sober modest Man was always looked upon by both Sexes as a precise unfashioned Fellow. 1821Mar. & R. L. Edgeworth Mem. I. 75 She was a plump goodnatured unfashioned girl, with little knowledge of any sort and no accomplishments.
†b. Of things. Obs.
1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Water Cormorant Wks. iii. 6/2 That Muld-Sack for his most vnfashion'd fashions Is the fit patterne of their transformations. 1670Dryden 1st Pt. Conq. Granada iii. i, There's something roughly noble there, Which, in unfashion'd Nature, looks Divine. 1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. 436 Illiterate, blunt, unfashion'd language. |