unclaspedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈklɑːspt/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈklaspt/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklɑːspt/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklaspt/, U.S. /ˌənˈklæspt/ 1. Having a clasp undone; (more generally) not fastened. Also figurative.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective] > disclosed or revealed
disclosea1393
overtc1400
discovered1537
outgrown1549
disclosed1579
uncased1598
unfolded1602
unclasped1609
unbreasted1610
undisguised1671
revealed1827
disburied1835
exhumed1840
unbared1879
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not fastened in other specific manner
unpinneda1393
unlaced1447
unnailed?1572
unrooted1604
ungirthed1628
unlatched1651
unchained1664
unlooped1716
unbolted1793
unbelted1814
unhinged1824
unclasped1825
unpulleyed1839
strapless1846
unwelded1846
unroped1849
unhasped1856
unwhipped1867
unbuckled1874
unsoldered1876
stringless1882
unspiked1902
unclipped1922
unzippered1936
unzipped1940
1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. G1 None other Booke but thy vnclasped Side (Wherein's contain'd all Skils Angelical).
1658 W. Chamberlayne Loves Victory i. i. 4 The unclaspt power Of the rude Souldier.
1704 J. Crabb Poem upon Late Storm & Hurricane 3 Grim Death, with heedful Eyes, doth sternly look Into her black unclasped Muster-Book.
1796 R. Polwhele Sketches in Verse 46 Some antique crone, green-spectacled, May bend her dim eye o'er the unclasped book.
1825 W. Scott Talisman viii, in Tales Crusaders III. 195 The hood which he wore,..now unclasped and thrown back for heat.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 474 Iras began, toying the while with one of her unclasped bracelets.
1912 Outlook 4 May 37/1 The horror of an unclasped girth-buckle of a war horse in action.
1958 Bull. City Art Mus. St. Louis 43 22 An unclasped elastic headband.
2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 28 Aug. A walk to the end of the South Pier offers a panorama of the whole of the prom lit up like an unclasped necklace.
2. Of the arms, hands, etc.: not or no longer holding or gripping.
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1838 Dublin Univ. Mag. Apr. 529 Outstretching there Her unclasped arms, ‘O, come!’ she softly said.
1861 H. A. Ford Long Holidays xvii. 245 His closed eyes and unclasped fingers showed Amy that she might safely leave him.
1912 A. Minogue Waters of Contradict. xiv. 291 His unclasped arms let her fall backward.
2010 P. Royal Valley of Dry Bones xx. 108 She sat back on her heels, let her unclasped hands fall to rest on her knees, and surrendered to her failure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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