单词 | unmarred |
释义 | unmarredadj. Not marred; unspoilt; unharmed. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > not spoiled or deteriorated unmarredc1225 undecayed1513 unspoiled1733 unwasted1758 unspoilt1796 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Royal) (1934) 25 & te edie meiden allunge unmerret, wið-uten euereuch weom, wende ut of his wombe. a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 101 A mayde vnmarred, þat neuer man touched. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 867 Maydenez unmard for alle men ȝette. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. x. sig. Hh2 His siluer waues did softly tumble downe, Vnmard with ragged mosse or filthy mud. View more context for this quotation a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 388 While man unmarr'd abode his Spirits all In Vivid hue were active in their hall. 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 16 Their Good is Good entire, unmixt, unmarr'd. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vii. 82 Unmarred, unfaded work of Deity. 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 473 The spirit and talent which, unmarred by fate, might [etc.]. 1947 ‘M. Leinster’ in Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr. 46/1 When he turned off the pistol the metal was unmarred. It was not even red-hot. 1965 Islander 14 Feb. 2/2 Yet in spite of these hazards this 14-mile plankway may well hold a record: for its 30-year history is unmarred by death or injury. 2002 A. Proulx That Old Ace in Hole (2003) xxxii. 333 What he wanted was to be Lieutenant Abert traveling through the unmarred plains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1225 |
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