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单词 unblenching
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unblenchingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, blenching adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + blenching adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈblenching.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > one showing no sign of fear > [adjective] > not blenching or flinching
startless1633
unblenching1837
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ]
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 132 The Poor and Honest Man can stand, With an unblenching brow, Before Earth's highest.
1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico II. v. iii. 376 He looked with an unblenching eye on his past reverses.
1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin ii. iv So different from the unblenching child who loved to stand hatless!
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