单词 | uncoloured |
释义 | uncoloureduncoloredadj. 1. Not having a colour or colours. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] huelessc1000 whiteOE plainc1330 uncoloured1538 undyed1538 colourless1610 blank1667 unteinted1745 achromatic1759 achromic1762 etiolated1784 tintless1789 unshaded1823 achromatous1845 untinted1849 unpigmented1853 achromatistous1878 achromous1878 achroous1878 decolorized1879 etiolized1880 untoned1897 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Abaphus, vndied or vncoloured. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Ciij, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens The partye of the vlcere that is stony and harde and vncoloured ought to be cut. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 189 Whether to deck with Clouds the uncolourd skie, Or wet the thirstie Earth with falling showers. View more context for this quotation a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 184 When you look..through pure uncolour'd glass, you receive the clear light. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 178 All this uniform, uncolour'd scene, Shall..flush into variety again. 1843 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 89 When the light..shone through the transparent texture uncoloured. 1876 O. C. Stone in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 46 42 The substitution of a yellow-stained belt for a plain uncoloured one. 2. figurative. a. Not invested with any specious or deceptive appearance or quality; open, undisguised; not influenced or affected by something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] > without deception unfeignedc1374 honesta1400 rekenc1400 unfeigningc1400 entirec1430 sincere1539 pretenced1547 fraudless1580 uncoloured1585 unflatteringa1586 upright1587 undissembling1613 deceitless1628 single-hearted1804 undelusive1817 single-minded1836 undeceptive1846 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. i. 21 Without trecherie and deceit,..in naked simplicitie, in trueth vncoloured. 1775 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 65 The insolent and uncoloured act of injustice which has been done to my brother. 1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 194 Such, seen through no uncoloured medium,..are some features of..Richter and his works. 1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God i. ii. 32 Some..have been even entirely uncoloured by his teaching. b. Plain, simple. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] nakedOE simplea1382 meanc1450 rural1488 misorned1512 inornate?1518 barec1540 broad1588 bald1589 kersey1598 russet1598 unvarnisheda1616 unembellished1630 illaborate1631 severe1665 renable1674 small1678 unadorned1692 inelaborate1747 unlarded1748 chaste1753 uncoloured1845 minimalist1929 spare1965 1845 T. De Quincey Notes on Gilfillan's 'Gallery Lit. Portraits' in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 728/1 The uncoloured style of his general diction. Derivatives unˈcolouredly adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb] barelyc950 beforeOE openlyOE nakedly?c1225 in a person's bearda1250 opelyc1275 apertly1297 commonlya1325 opena1325 overtlyc1325 pertlya1375 plainc1380 in (also on) opena1382 in apertc1384 plainlyc1390 in open (also general) audiencea1393 aperta1400 in commonaltya1400 outa1400 without laina1400 in commonc1400 publishlyc1400 pertc1410 in publicc1429 on higha1450 in pert1453 to a person's facea1470 into heightc1480 forthward?1504 but hidel?1507 publicly1534 uncolouredly1561 roundly1563 famously1570 vulgarly1602 above board1603 round1604 displayedly1611 on (also upon) the square?1611 undisguisedly1611 broadly1624 discoveredly1659 unveiledly1661 under a person's nose1670 manifestly1711 before faces1762 publically1797 overboard1834 unashamedly1905 upfront1972 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 216 They saw them~selues to be openly and uncoloredly scorned of the Pope and his Bulbearers. unˈcolouredness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [noun] uncolouredness1660 colourlessness1672 achromatism1797 achromaticity1821 blankness1850 huelessness1861 mirage1927 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness i. x. 30 (margin) The invisibility and uncolouredness of the Air is called Hades or Hell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1538 |
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