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单词 unhardened
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unhardenedadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈhardened.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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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.
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.
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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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