单词 | ungoverned |
释义 | ungovernedadj.1 Not brought under government or control; uncontrolled: a. Of disposition, feelings, actions, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > completely unchecked unbridledc1374 untempered1377 bridleless?1406 unrepressed?a1425 untemperatea1425 savagea1450 unchecked1469 undaunted1513 uncontrolleda1535 reinless1566 unrestrained1578 ineffrenate1581 unbitteda1586 check-free1598 uncurbed1600 checkless1604 unbounded1608 uncontained?1611 dis'chained1615 ungoverneda1616 unstanched1621 unsneaped1647 incontrolled1650 controlless1657 irregulated1664 curbless1813 do-as-you-please1845 disenchaineda1849 a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. i. 43 Some of vs are Gentle~men, Such as the fury of vngouern'd youth Thrust from the company of awfull men. View more context for this quotation 1622 E. Misselden Free Trade 73 It now remaineth briefely to show the Too Loose Vse thereof, by Vngouerned Trade. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 517 When themselves they villifi'd To serve ungovern'd appetite. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 290. ⁋1 The ungoverned Passions of such as are enamoured of each other. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xviii. 95 Unable to withstand the ungoverned fury of the populace. 1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 14 The furious and ungoverned execration which all reference to the possibility..draws down upon those who suggest it. 1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. x. 165 There was..something so violent and ungoverned in her temper and feelings. b. Of persons, animals, or things. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > without rule or government unruledc1390 ungoverned1597 untied1617 governless1621 unhelmed1628 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 323 Thou.., Vngouernd youth. View more context for this quotation 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher iv. sig. G2 For mad men, By paynes vngouernd, haue no sence of payne. 1628 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 198 Our people for the most part being heedlesse, ungoverned, without discipline and order. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 43 I knew they were a Parcel of refractory, ungovern'd Villains. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 199 Ill bear the brave a rude ungovern'd tongue. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiii. 585 Thrown..From his seat,..his ungovern'd steeds have roam'd away. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 254 The Tartar hordes that roamed.., Ungoverned southward to the wondrous Wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ungovernedadj.2 Deprived of the position of governor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] > deposed as governor ungoverned1654 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ix. 230 Ungovern'd, Uncardinall'd, Unlorded, Outed of all his hopes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.11597adj.21654 |
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