单词 | uncloying |
释义 | uncloyingadj. Not cloying; that does not sicken or weary a person through excess; not sickly or nauseating. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > without specific unpleasant qualities undreigha1400 unloathsome1440 ungrievingc1480 inoffensive1622 unprovokinga1658 uncloying1665 ungalling1744 uninvidious1822 unexasperating1855 unirritating1896 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F5 We should..receive unfading Honours, and uncloying Delights. 1705 W. Coward Abramideis iv. 225 Uncloying Raptures in Excess, Above the Power of Language to express. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 301 Thou endest not but in endless uncloying fruition. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 345 The Cyclops vermilion, With slaughter uncloying, Now feasts on the dead. 1857 L. H. Grindon Life (ed. 2) xx. §207 249 The pure and uncloying charms of virtue and nature. 1922 Musical Times 63 232/2 The only clean and uncloying music was that of an earlier age. 2000 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 May The juices from lightly stewed scallops,..snow peas and nappa cabbage bring mouth-filling yet uncloying sweetness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1665 |
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