loosenedadj.
/ˈluːsnd/, U.S. /ˈlus(ə)nd/ In senses of the verb; slackened, relaxed; rendered loose or easily detachable; also dialect liberated from service.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > loosened, unfastened, or untied
yloused1387
unlokec1410
undone1565
loosened1680
diffixed1727
unreeved1730
dissoluteda1777
adrift1834
society > authority > lack of strictness > [adjective] > made less strict or severe
relaxed1669
loosened1755
unbraced1791
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > hanging loose
sideOE
untrussed1494
sidelong1598
loose-flowing1777
loosened1798
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > not firmly attached or loose
loose?c1225
loosed1580
loosened1821
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective] > liberated > freed from restraint > of the tongue
loosened1855
1680 J. Dryden tr. Ovid in J. Dryden et al. tr. Epist. 216 While you, with loosen'd Sails & Vows, prepare To seek a Land that flies the Searchers care.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 He scours along the Field, with loosen'd Reins. View more context for this quotation
1755 J. G. Cooper Estimate of Life iii. 64 in Dodsley Coll. Poems III. 224 Despair, that hellish fiend, proceeds From loosen'd thoughts, and impious deeds.
1798 W. S. Landor Gebir ii. 136 His chaplets mingled with her loosened hair.
1821 J. Baillie Ld. John in Metrical Legends xxix But his loosen'd limbs shook fast.
1845 A. M. Hall Whiteboy I. xi. 178 Then will come the loosened soldier.
1855 R. Browning Transcendentalism 25 He..turned with loosened tongue to talk with him.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxv. 185 The loosened avalanches..upon the mountain heads.
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