单词 | unformed |
释义 | unformedadj.1 1. a. Not formed or fashioned into a regular shape; not invested with any definite form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective] > unformed or not shaped unformeda1340 unshapenc1350 unfashioned1538 unshaped1572 informed?1609 indigested1613 unmoulded1620 ineffigiate1657 unacted1700 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxxii. 9 Þai ere fourmyd of vnfourmyd matere. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxvii. 6 Thow shalt bild there up an auter..of stonus vnfourmed and vnpolishid. 1599 S. Daniel Musophilus 951 Who..knows..What words in th' yet unformed Occident, May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours? 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xv. 314 [He] sees Their bodies limme-lesse: these vnformed things In time put forth their feet, and after, wings. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xii. 55 The unformed matter of the World, was a God, by the name of Chaos. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 309. ¶2 His Passage through the Regions of unform'd Matter. 1825 Bull-baiting ii, in Houlston Tr. I. No. 28. 6 His head so torn and mangled, that it appeared nothing but a frightful unformed mass of blood. 1855 Poultry Chron. 2 571/1 Those amateurs who, like myself, prefer..the breast small and unformed. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. i. 203 While matter altogether unformed is a mere abstraction. b. transferred. Of immaterial things: Not brought to a definite or properly developed state; crude. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature green?a1300 rawa1398 indigest1398 unmatured?a1425 unripea1500 unseasonable1515 unbuilded1519 inchoate1534 unripened1561 uncivil1572 unmellowed1573 unmanured1577 unblown1587 ungrown1593 unpolished1594 rudimental1597 rude1600 unsalted1602 unseasoned1602 unlicked1612 embryon1613 unbakeda1616 unbloweda1616 unfledged1615 unmellow1615 sappya1627 embryous1628 unconcocteda1631 unkneaded1633 immature1635 sucking1648 vacuous1651 embryo1659 unelaborate1663 unmature1673 unformed1689 undeveloped1736 infantile1772 uncultivated1796 unelaborated1817 fetal1820 embryotic1823 embryonic1825 embryonary1833 sophomoric1837 seedling1843 rudimentary1851 unwrought1869 juvenescent1875 vealy1890 under-developed1892 1689 A. B. Acct. Late Revol. New-Eng. in Andros Tracts (1869) II. 195 They would..endeavour to prevent what ill effects an Unform'd Tumult might produce. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 86 Mankind is left, by Nature, an unformed, unfinished Creature. 1774 T. Reid Brief Acct. Aristotle's Logic vi. §2, in Ld. Kames Sketches Hist. Man II. iii. 238 Every science is in an unformed state until its first principles are ascertained. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xiv. 832 The chemical department of mineralogy is in an unformed and indeed anarchical condition. 1880 A. H. Sayce Introd. Sci. of Lang. II. viii. 188 The rude and unformed Bushman and the polished Finnic [language]. c. figurative. Of persons (or the mind): Not developed by education or training; unpolished. ΘΚΠ society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught > not educated untowenc1000 unnurtured1548 unlessonedc1555 unkent1570 unexercised1577 uneducate?1592 unlectured1593 unschooled1593 untutored1594 unconfirmed1598 uneducated1598 unedifieda1625 indoct1677 uncultivated1685 unformed1711 unsuppled1761 teachless1819 uninaugurated1823 Philistinian1931 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 66. ¶2 You can't imagine how unform'd a Creature it is. She comes to my Hands just as Nature left her. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 12 On [him],..in the helplessness of an unformed mind, his sister threw herself. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xx Ethel was very queer and unformed, and could do nothing by herself. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. i. vi. 104 Very clever in some ways—and very unformed—childish almost—in others. 2. Not formed or made; uncreated. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > not created unformeda1325 unframed1548 uncreate1549 unhatched1601 uncreated1607 ungenerated1614 unproduced1678 a1325 Prose Psalter (1891) 194 Vnfourmed is þe fader, vnfourmed is þe sone, vnformed is þe holi gost. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) v. xiv. 107 God hymself is nature vnformed and vnwrought that yeueth nature fourmed to euery creature. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Informé,..also, vnformed, vnmade, vnfashioned. 1757 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 313 If the New Ministry yet unformed, should subsist. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature IV. 99 Would it not sound strangely to talk of a self-existent house, an uncaused pyramid, an unformed statue? 1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 185 He broke forth Into the dawn, which lighted not the yet Unform'd forefather of mankind. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 195/2 Lime..is especially necessary for making the as yet unformed bones. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > by position > [noun] > unconstellated unformed stars (or signs)1590 1590 T. Hood Vse Celestial Globe f. 34v The vnformed starres about the Scorpion. 1639 E. Chilmead tr. R. Hues Learned Treat. Globes ii. iii. 93 This constellation hath..three unformed..stars. 1700 Moxon's Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 178 Unformed Signs, such are those that are called Nebulous or Cloudy, scarce to be seen by the bare Eye or Instrument. 1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. 185 Those stars which lie between the figures of those imaginary animals, and could not be brought within the compass of any of them, were called unformed stars. 1810 S. Vince Elem. Astron. (ed. 3) 269. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † unformedadj.2 = uninformed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > lacking information none the wiserc1175 unformedc1540 untold1590 uninformed1597 unascertained1628 unnewseda1644 a stranger to1694 unapprised1728 tidingless1822 unenlightened1829 out of the loop1976 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 760 Lest þe day vs be-daghe..And I vnformet in faith how I fare shall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1a1325adj.2c1540 |
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