单词 | unhardened |
释义 | unhardenedadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] > hardened > not unhardened1600 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed unused1297 insolent?a1505 uncustomed?1520 unwont1552 unured1566 unwonteda1586 unhardened1600 unseasoned1608 unaccustomed1611 unconversanta1674 uninureda1708 unhackneyed1760 unfamiliarized1775 unhabituated1796 unhabituate1815 figurative. lit.1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 349/1 An intermediate layer of unhardened epiderm.1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 6 Unhardened springs do not accelerate.1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 35 Messengers Of strong preuailement in vnhardened youth. View more context for this quotation 1608 H. Clapham Errour Right Hand sig. A4 If thine heart be vn-hardned, it will easily ioyne with mee. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta ii. v, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkk4v/2 Tender, and full of fears our blushing Sex is, Unhardned with relentlesse thoughts; unhatcht With blood, and bloody practice. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. v. 23 After you have heard what your friends shall further urge in his behalf, unharden'd by clandestine correspondencies. 1793 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) V. 390 The few unhardened in crimes. 1821 R. Southey in Life A. Bell (1844) III. 630 Preserving his heart the while unstained and unhardened. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 249/2 The studious, the enthusiastic, the unhardened in politics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1600 |
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