unknottedadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈnɒtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈnɑdəd/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and knotted adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, knotted adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + knotted adj. Compare earlier unknotty adj.

Not knotted; not having or tied in a knot or knots. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not knotted

unknotted1614

1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman ii. iv. 67 Make choise of the fairest Walnut-tree you can finde, being olde, straight, vnknotted, and of a high boale.

1744 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 291 You ask me how many pounds of thread I have got for you; do you mean knotted or unknotted?

1832 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 1 93/2 She sees her ‘pretty boy’ crossing the meadow with a light and springing step, his unknotted neckcloth streaming in the air.

1892 W. B. Yeats Countess Kathleen iii. 51 The green things love unknotted hearts and minds.

1929 PMLA 44 157 The thought of Troilus and Troy slip through her mind like the unknotted thread through the eye of the needle.

2017 Times (Nexis) 11 Feb. (Sport section) 14 Air randomly escaping from the puckered aperture of an unknotted balloon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unknotted
释义	unknottedadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈnɒtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈnɑdəd/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and knotted adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, knotted adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + knotted adj. Compare earlier unknotty adj. Not knotted; not having or tied in a knot or knots. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not knotted unknotted1614 1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman ii. iv. 67 Make choise of the fairest Walnut-tree you can finde, being olde, straight, vnknotted, and of a high boale. 1744 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 291 You ask me how many pounds of thread I have got for you; do you mean knotted or unknotted? 1832 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 1 93/2 She sees her ‘pretty boy’ crossing the meadow with a light and springing step, his unknotted neckcloth streaming in the air. 1892 W. B. Yeats Countess Kathleen iii. 51 The green things love unknotted hearts and minds. 1929 PMLA 44 157 The thought of Troilus and Troy slip through her mind like the unknotted thread through the eye of the needle. 2017 Times (Nexis) 11 Feb. (Sport section) 14 Air randomly escaping from the puckered aperture of an unknotted balloon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1614
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