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单词 undazzling
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undazzlingadj.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and dazzling adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, dazzling adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + dazzling adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdazzling.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > not sparkling, glittering, or dazzling
undazzling1601
unscintillating1807
unsparkling1816
unglittering1868
glitterless1882
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective]
feeblec1275
demeanc1380
unnoblec1384
coarse1424
colourlessc1425
passable1489
meana1500
indifferent1532
plain1539
so-so1542
mediocre1586
ordinary1590
fameless1611
middling1652
middle-rate1658
ornery1692
so-soish1819
nohow1828
betwixt and between1832
indifferential1836
null1847
undazzling1855
deviceless1884
uncompetitive1885
tug1890
run of the mill1919
serviceable1920
dim1958
spammy1959
comme ci, comme ça1968
vanilla1972
meh2007
1601–3 S. Daniel Epist. to Ld. H. Howard 80 They carry things assuredlie Vndazling of theire owne or others sight.
1814 in Orr's Circle Sci.: Pract. Chem. (1856) 498 [The light was] soft and undazzling as moonlight.
1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 340 To His sight Heaven's secrets are undazzling light.
1855 W. Irving Life Washington I. xviii. 151 The sterling, enduring, but undazzling qualities of Washington.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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