unmooredadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmʊəd/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɔːd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmɔrd/,

/ˌənˈmʊ(ə)rd/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmoor v., -ed suffix¹; un- prefix¹, moor v.¹, -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < unmoor v. + -ed suffix¹, and partly < un- prefix¹ + moor v.¹ + -ed suffix¹ (compare later moored adj.).

Not secured by mooring; (in extended use) detached, adrift.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [adjective] > moored > not

unmoored1674

1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio Scholars Vade Mecum 351 A Ship unmoored.

1683 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 308 Noe shipp shall lye upon the strand unmoored.

a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) III. 150 A well-apparell'd galley lay unmoor'd In readiness to sail.

1837 Evangelical Mag. Jan. 1/2 The retreating tide bears the unmoored bark further and yet further from the shore.

1989 M. Dorris Broken Cord ix. 140 I became unmoored from the internal preoccupations of the Ivy League.

2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Oct. (Style section) c1 Each new unmoored generation harbors ambivalence about coming to the land of the free.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmoored
释义	unmooredadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmʊəd/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɔːd/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɔrd/, /ˌənˈmʊ(ə)rd/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmoor v., -ed suffix¹; un- prefix¹, moor v.¹, -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < unmoor v. + -ed suffix¹, and partly < un- prefix¹ + moor v.¹ + -ed suffix¹ (compare later moored adj.). Not secured by mooring; (in extended use) detached, adrift. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [adjective] > moored > not unmoored1674 1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio Scholars Vade Mecum 351 A Ship unmoored. 1683 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 308 Noe shipp shall lye upon the strand unmoored. a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) III. 150 A well-apparell'd galley lay unmoor'd In readiness to sail. 1837 Evangelical Mag. Jan. 1/2 The retreating tide bears the unmoored bark further and yet further from the shore. 1989 M. Dorris Broken Cord ix. 140 I became unmoored from the internal preoccupations of the Ivy League. 2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Oct. (Style section) c1 Each new unmoored generation harbors ambivalence about coming to the land of the free. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1674
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