unquenchedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɛn(t)ʃt/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɛn(t)ʃt/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwɛn(t)ʃt/ 1.
a. Of fire, light, etc.: not extinguished. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > unquenchable or unquenched
unquenchedc1175
unquenchablea1382
unslockened1434
unsleakablec1475
quenchless1557
unextinguished1697
inextinguished1746
the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring
longeOE
longsomeeOE
long of lifeOE
lastinga1225
cleaving1340
continualc1340
dwellingc1380
long-livinga1382
everlastingc1384
long-duringa1387
long-lasting?a1400
long-liveda1400
broadc1400
permanable?c1422
perseverant?a1425
permanentc1425
perdurable?a1439
continuedc1440
abiding1448
unremoved1455
eternalc1460
long-continued1464
continuing1526
long-enduring1527
enduring1532
immortal1538
diuturn?1541
veterated1547
resiant?1567
stayinga1568
well-wearinga1568
substantive1575
pertinacious1578
extant1581
ceaseless1590
marble1596
of length1597
longeval1598
diuturnal1599
nine-lived1600
chronic1601
unexhausted1602
chronical1604
endurable1607
continuant1610
indeflourishing1610
aged1611
indurant1611
continuatea1616
perennious1628
seculara1631
undiscontinueda1631
continuated1632
untransitory1632
long-spun1633
momently1641
stative1643
outliving1645
constant1653
long-descended1660
voluminousa1661
perduring1664
perdurant1671
livelong1673
perennial1676
longeve1678
consequential1681
unquenched1703
lifelong1746
momentary1755
inveterate1780
stabile1797
persistent1826
unpassing1831
all-time1846
year-long1846
teak-built1847
lengthful1855
long-term1867
long haul1873
sticky1879
week-to-week1879
perenduring1883
long-range1885
longish1889
long-time1902
long run1904
long-life1915
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10491 Inn till þatt fir þatt bærnenn shall. A. butenn ende unncwennkedd.
c1425 Myrour to Lewde Men & Wymmen (Harl.) (1981) 124 (MED) Þe lenger þe fuyre brenneþ vnqueynte, þe strenge[r] it is.
a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1933) 164 186 I lycken the worlde to fyre vnqueynte.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. v. sig. E2 Vulcan..This pretious ornament..Wrought in Lemno with vnquenched fire. View more context for this quotation
a1626 F. Bacon Prayer in Wks. (1879) I. 340 My heart..hath been an unquenched coal upon thine altar.
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent ii. D 4 If any Spark from Heav'n remain unquench'd Within her Breast.
1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) iii. 107 On the youthful mind, th' impression cast, Of ancient glory..There all unquench'd by cruel fortune's ire, It glows with inextinguishable fire.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lxxiv. 102 Who but would deem their bosoms burn'd anew With thy unquenched beam, lost Liberty.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 286 Even amid the moral aberrations of heathenism it was granted to some..to keep that light unquenched.
1988 Jrnl. Decorative & Propaganda Arts 9 17 The sanctuary lamp with its unquenched flame, is a symbol of the living light and presence of the Lord.
2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 4 Feb. 40 Lit only by a couple of unquenched exit lights, an audience of 50 or so sits listening intently.
b. Of a feeling, desire, etc.: not suppressed, subdued, or overcome; (also of thirst, appetite, etc.) unassuaged, unsatisfied.
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the mind > emotion > [adjective] > unsuppressed
untameda1340
unquencheda1586
unsuppressed1814
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. f. 188v Being depriued of her vnquenched desire.
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. L2 His teare-thyrsty and vnquenched hate.
a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp3v/1 My unquench'd charity shall tell you thus much (Though you deserve it well) you shall not beg.
1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 62 Not content to bear the pain Of thirst unquencht and fruitless love.
1797 S. T. Coleridge Osorio v. 100 The Tyger, that with unquench'd cruelty, Still thirsts for blood.
1817 Ld. Byron Lament Tasso v. 12 Look on a love which knows not to despair, But all unquench'd is still my better part, Dwelling deep in my shut and silent heart.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 116 The ardour of his unquenched philanthropy.
1963 Proc. Royal Musical Assoc. (89th Sess., 1962–3) 24 In his unconscious, from the beginning, there remained the still unquenched human hunger for immortality.
2014 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald (Nexis) 5 Mar. 9 But my ardour for Scotland, while dampened, remained unquenched.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [adjective] > slaked > not
unsleckedc1386
unquenched?c1425
unsleaked1526
unblushed?1548
unslaked1598
unslissed1598
unslacked1656
unslake1660
whole-stone1703
in shells1799
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 209 Albucasis putteþ þerto þre parties of calx vyf (i. vnquenched lyme [L. calcis viue]).
c1450 in W. R. Dawson Leechbk. (1934) 304 (MED) For a wenne: Take sall armoniak and alym & resalgar & make the skynne raw aboute with sciseskyn or vnqueynt lyme or with a rasor.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 142 Barels full of vnquynched lyme.
?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. U.iv Make an oyntment..of Aloes and vnquenchyd lime wyth comon oyle.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 43 Vnquenched Lyme, mixeth with Honnie and oyle.
1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 129 I..sometimes have added unquenched lime into the infusions.
1773 J. Blunt Pract. Farriery iii. 315 It [sc. sal ammoniac] is known by yielding a pungent urinous smell, on being mixed with unquenched lime.
1861 Caledonian Mercury 7 Sept. 4/2 I shall now describe some other trials, in which dry lime, unquenched lime, was employed.
1887 Gardening Illustr. 10 Sept. 374/2 I grow Potatoes largely, and suffer much from this scab, and I had intended the coming season to use unquenched lime.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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