单词 | unmarching |
释义 | unmarchingadj. rare. That does not march; not engaged in or characterized by marching.In quot. 1837 (figurative): that is not progressive (cf. marching adj.2 2). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [adjective] > opposed to change Tory1651 unprogressive1722 conservative1802 old-line1803 improgressive1809 old school1816 conservatory1822 conservatist1835 unmarching1837 mossbacked1876 mossy1904 passéist1914 pastist1921 Luddite1957 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. vii. 326 To all which our poor Legislative, tied up by an unmarching Constitution, can oppose nothing. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Coll. Poems I. 226 In the subtle lift of the thighs as they come unmarching Beats the new fresh air of life. 1943 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Univ. Professors 29 229 There was one glorious day when I entered a bookstore down some motley unmarching careless and happy street. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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