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unˈlanguaged, a. [un-1 9.] 1. Not gifted with speech.
1654Davenant in Earl Monm. Bentivoglio's Warrs Flanders b 1 b, The ceaseless nature of your Kindness then, Still ready to inform un-languag'd Men, Deserves less Praise [etc.]. 1850H. Bushnell God in Christ i. 11 There is no difficulty in perceiving how our two unlanguaged men will proceed. 2. Not expressed in articulate speech.
1846–8Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. ii. Introd. Let., The unlanguaged prattlings of infants. 1860Faber Bethlehem 100 To what numberless unlanguaged and unsung Magnificats did not all this give rise. |