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单词 unfallen
释义

unfallenadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 2b. Compare German ungefallen, Old Norse úfallinn (Norwegian dialect ufallen).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfallen.
1. Not morally fallen.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > not morally fallen
unstumbled1399
unlapsed1648
unfallen1653
1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix ii. 41 The natures..of the fallen and unfallen Angels, or good and bad Genii.
1679 J. Cheyney Vindic. Oaths (new ed.) 7 In Paradise it self,..while man was innocent and unfallen.
1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 129 This..must be the Constitution..of the unfallen angelical State.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 295 We may say, that in the unfallen rational Agent the Will constitutes the Law.
1848 C. Kingsley Yeast vi Who am I to demand her all to myself? Her, the glorious, the saintly, the unfallen!
figurative.1759 E. Young Conjectures on Orig. Composition 60 What we mean by Blank verse, is verse unfallen, uncurst.
2. Not fallen (in literal sense).
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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] > upright or erect > remaining upright
unsuppressed1626
unfallen1735
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [adjective] > fallen > not
unfallen1878
1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 116 Fix'd as a mountain ash, that braves the bolts Of angry Jove; tho' blasted, yet unfall'n.
1878 R. W. Gilder Poet & Master 29 It was I who behold the sun's level light strike through the unfallen..leaves.

Derivatives

unˈfallenness n.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] > state of being morally unfallen
unfallenness1876
1876 W. Bathgate Deep Things v. 79 A peerless perfect man,—albeit entirely Divine in his unfallenness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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