单词 | uncelebrated |
释义 | uncelebratedadj. 1. Not observed with festivities or in some formal manner; not specially honoured or extolled. ΚΠ 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 18 Nor was..our victory..unpraisd or uncelebrated in a written monument. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 253 Thus was the first Day Eev'n and Morn: Nor past uncelebrated, nor unsung By the Celestial Quires. View more context for this quotation 1736 A. Pope Corr. 30 Dec. (1956) IV. 49 I have seen a royal birth-day uncelebrated, but by one vile Ode, and one hired bonfire. 1781 A. Grant Let. July in Lett. from Mountains (1809) II. 75 The freedom, ease, and gaiety, which..has not passed uncelebrated or unsung. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 138/1 Christmas uncelebrated there. 2. Not famed or renowned. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective] namelessc1330 ungloriousa1382 unfamousc1384 unglorifieda1395 unrenowned1525 gloryless1540 obscurec1540 incelebrateda1552 honourlessa1560 unnoted1566 eclipsed1587 irrenowned1590 inglorious1591 ungraced1595 unreputed1596 reputeless1598 unreckoned1599 undistinguished1600 unfamed1609 without name1611 unremarkable1628 uncried up1631 undignified1716 unapplauded1739 uncelebrated1740 renownless1821 bannerlessc1850 untrumpeted1859 anonymous1860 reportlessc1865 unillustrious1885 obscured1891 statusless1899 unarrived1902 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 262 There came over from the Dublin Theatre two uncelebrated actors, to pick up a few pence among us. 1782 V. Knox Ess. I. lxvi. 288 Such is that uncelebrated virtue, common and moral honesty. 1840 N. P. Willis Loiterings of Trav. III. 38 This out-of-door's world, unvisited and uncelebrated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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