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单词 unlengthened
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unlengthenedadj.

Brit. /ʌnˈlɛŋ(k)θ(ə)nd/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɛŋθənd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, lengthened adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + lengthened adj.In quot. 1739 rendering German unverlängert (18th cent. or earlier).
Not lengthened (in various senses of lengthen v.).
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1739 T. Arnold Neues Deutsch-Englisches Wörter-Buch Unverlängert, unlengthened.
1845 E. B. Eastwick tr. F. Bopp Compar. Gram. 235 The Zend pronominal..is often found with i unlengthened [Ger. unverlängertem i].
1883 Bow Bells Weekly 1 June 344/3 The childish singer, with her as yet unlengthened skirts, and loosely-falling dark hair.
1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Priests & Kings 184 Among the peoples who retain the unlengthened head..we may mention the Andamanese.
2010 Mnemosyne 63 312 The low incidence of the lengthened form appears..to be due not to greater use of the unelided, unlengthened form but to a disproportionately high incidence of the elided form.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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