undressedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈdrɛst/, U.S. /ˌənˈdrɛst/ I. Not dressed by trimming, putting in order, or preparing in some way.
1.
a. Of the hair. (Cf. dress v. 10.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > cut short > not
unevesed?14..
undressed1445
unshornc1449
unpiked1542
unnotched1557
untewed1591
unpolled1605
unscissored1633
unsheared1707
unbarbered1846
untonsured1855
1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 281 Gallia fers with heere vndressid stode with a coler of price, Holdyng in hande ij. dartys to gider.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scapigliata, desheueled, vnkembd, vndrest about the head.
b. figurative. Inelegant, unkempt.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective]
unsewly?c1225
unseemlyc1340
unburlya1400
ungoodly1495
unhandsome1530
unsquared1549
inelegant1570
unelegant1570
indecent1590
undressed1598
unfinified1609
undecent1622
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 16 To show as it were his inclination after his vndressed, vnpolished..fashion. View more context for this quotation
c. Of a horse: Ungroomed.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of coat > well-groomed or not groomed
uncurried1621
undressed1731
well-groomed1803
ungroomed1829
1731 H. Fielding Welsh Opera i. ix. 16 Have I not left my Horses undress'd to whet thy Knives?
2. † a. Of places (or things) in respect of orderly appearance or arrangement. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] > not put in order
indigest1398
unordereda1500
undressed1530
undight1555
indisposed1598
undigested1598
indigested1613
unset1631
unranged1633
unadjusted1775
unarranged1791
unsystematized1832
uncatalogued1837
unassorted1865
1530 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 364 [He] suffreth the merkett places to be vndressed.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Taudis,..a foule, sluttish, vnhandsome, or vndressed roome.
1635 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1877) II. 4 That all the wood..shall bee gathered up, and layd or heaped in pyles,..upon the forfeyture of 6s. for every load left undressed up.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II ccxxxix, in Poems (1878) III. 196 Ashes flew about The vndrest Hearth, and the ill house-wif'd roome Lay all on heaps.
b. Of a shop-window. (Cf. dress v. 22.)
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > not dressed (of window)
undressed1883
1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. ii. vii. 96 In the haberdashers' undressed windows..are to be seen nothing but bare boards and skeleton stands.
3.
a. Of textile fabrics or materials. (Cf. dress v. 15c, 15.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > other
waulked1490
ungrainedc1503
undressed1535
gummed1598
green1727
greige1835
limp1866
print1883
unweighted1883
sueded1888
satinized1891
crushed1895
beaver-finished1909
Schreinered1929
pre-boarded1940
permanent press1944
perma-pressed1951
perma-press1956
warp-printed1957
stabilized1960
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > [adjective] > not subjected to manufacturing process
rawc1350
unspun1545
undressed1763
1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 13 §1 Whiche white clothe..shalbe..solde for lesse price..then thei shuld be vndressed.
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Matt. ix. 16 No man peceth an olde garment with a pece of new clothe and vndressed.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 274 Strict Lawes are made..that the web vndressed be viewed by three skillfull men, and be marked according to the goodnes.
1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 3 The Exportation of our White and Undrest Clothes.
1763 Act 4 Geo. III c. 26 (heading) The Importation of..rough and undressed Flax.
1834 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (ed. 2) 646 Undressed hemp imported in 1831.
b. Of skins or leather. (Cf dress v. 15b.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > made of or relating to other types of leather
cheverel1515
cordovan1591
dog's-leather1611
dogskin1612
red leather1618
buffen1629
shagreen1677
buffa1706
undressed1808
patent leather1818
jacked1841
mocha1895
steerhide1921
1808 W. Scott Marmion v. v. 247 The hunted red-deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. v. 38 A black-locked Esquimaux, enveloped in an undressed seal-skin.
1898 Daily News 2 Dec. 5/1 The bindings in undressed morocco which mellows with age.
c. Of stone or wood. (Cf. dress v. 15.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > dressed or hewn > not
rudea1393
self-faced1826
undressed1846
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > dressed > not
undressed1893
1846 Hull & Lincoln Railway Bill 11 All undressed materials for the repair of public roads.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 101 Flat undressed stones lay thick amid the rank grass.
1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 22 Piers composed entirely of undressed logs.
4. Of wounds or sores. (Cf. dress v. 14.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > qualities of wound
openOE
greenc1325
compound cystc1400
composed?1541
cursed1565
undressed1598
stale1607
untenteda1616
ripening1622
stabbed1653
indigested1676
complicated fracture1745
stanchless1820
unstanched1826
uncicatrized1839
punched out1869
toxicotraumatic1899
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 45 b/2 Simple Fractures, we keep sometimes sixe or seaven dayes vndressed.
1669 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa VI. iii. vii. 217 Those sleight Hurts I had received, were still undrest.
1747 P. Doddridge Some Remarkable Passages Life Col. J. Gardiner 12 The poor Patient's Wound being still undressed.
1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. ix. 162 With their wounds undressed and putrifying.
1835 T. Aird in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 195 That I may know if, still his wounds undressed, 'Tis safe to move him farther on his way.
5. Of grounds, trees, etc. (Cf. dress v. 17.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > cultivated > not
untameda1340
unhusbanded1538
undressed1611
1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxv. 5 Thou shalt not..gather the grapes of thy Vine vndressed . View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Esdras xvi. 78 Like as a field is..left vndressed.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 9 Thy Vinyard lies half prun'd, and half undress'd.
1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 264 Crossing some of this undressed ground, we came to the point of a hill.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby ii. 79 Untrimmed, undressed, neglected now, Was alley'd walk and orchard bough.
6. Of food. (Cf. dress v. 4a.)
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [adjective] > not garnished
undressed1647
1647 A. Cowley Mistresse 10 Beasts..taste those pleasures as they do their food; Undrest they tak't.
1714 Advt. in Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. (1909) 2/3 If any..bring with them their own Provisions for Eating, undressed,..they may have them dress'd after their own way.
1771 O. Goldsmith Haunch of Venison 21 So I cut it [sc. venison], and sent it to Reynolds undrest.
1805 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 2) 208 A dish, that..differs very little from the flesh of an undressed lobster.
1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger I. i. 22 The chief was eating an undrest onion.
II. Not clothed fully or at all.figurative.1754 W. Warburton View Bolingbroke's Philos.: Lett. 1st & 2nd ii. 102 You catch his First Philosophy..undressed, and without a rag of form, but flaunting and fluttering in Fragments.
7. Not covered or invested with clothing; unclothed, naked (or nearly so).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective]
nakedOE
bareOE
start nakedc1225
nakec1300
unarrayedc1380
clothelessc1386
mother-nakedc1390
stark nakedc1390
bareda1400
naked as a needlec1400
unattiredc1400
uncladc1400
uncoveredc1400
loose1423
unclothedc1440
belly-nakeda1500
naked as one's nail1563
unabuilyeit1568
sindonlessc1595
leathern1596
disarrayed1611
undressed1613
debaredc1620
unapparelled1622
unaccoutred?1750
stark1762
disrobed1794
ungarmented1798
undraped1814
au naturel1828
nude1830
skyclad1832
garbless1838
kitless1846
spar-naked1849
raimentless1852
undoffed1854
togless1857
garmentless1866
naked as a robin1866
clothesless1868
sky clothed1878
nakedized1885
altogether1896
buck naked1913
raw1916
bollock naked1922
starkers1923
starko1923
stitchless1927
naked as a jaybird1931
bollock1950
rollock naked1962
nekkid1977
kit-off1992
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 75 To see misfortune spending Her vtmost rage on Truth, dispiz'd distressed, Vnhappy, vnrelieu'd, yet vnredressed.
1649 A. Marvell in R. Lovelace Lucasta sig. A7v The Ladies..all in mutiny though yet undrest Sally'd.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. iii. 12 He..now recollected his being undressed, and put an End to her Terrors, by desiring her to stay without the Door. View more context for this quotation
1815 L. Simond Jrnl. Tour Great Brit. I. 3 The women highly dressed, or rather highly undressed, in extremely thin draperies.
1892 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 3/2 What I would consider..indecent is a naked woman which represents an undressed woman.
8.
a. Not properly or fully dressed; wearing informal dress or undress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > other
slitteredc1380
tatteredc1380
accoutredc1540
suiteda1592
undressed1605
uniforma1626
full-dressed1731
tucky1748
underdresseda1784
costumed1820
décolleté1831
fancy dressed1836
winter-clad1836
sacked1847
evening-dressed1848
mufti1853
tailor-made1896
swim-suited1955
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles i. i. 73 Undressed, sluttish, nasty, to their husbands, Spung'd up, adorn'd, and painted to their lovers.
1668 S. Pepys Diary 31 Mar. (1976) IX. 143 Took up my wife and Deb and to the parke; where being in a Hackny and they undressed, I was ashamed to go into the Tour.
1693 W. Bowles tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires v. 74 Thus Blest, must Trebius to his Levees run..Break off sweet Slumbers, drowsie, and undrest, To shew his Zeal.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. iv. 40 You came, tho' undressed, with your sword on.
1789 A. Young Jrnl. 27 Oct. in Trav. France (1792) i. 213 The orchestra powerful, yet..the musicians all so dirty and undressed.
1859 Habits Good Society iii. 155 To be ‘undressed’ is to be dressed for work and ordinary occupations.
b. transferred. Not of a dressy character; not requiring formal or full dress.
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1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. xv. 131 Plain cloths..I threw aside with contempt, as thinking them too undrest.
a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. v. 57 Neither at the upper nor lower rooms, at dressed or undressed balls, was he perceivable. View more context for this quotation
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