单词 | unrimpled |
释义 | unrimpledadj. literary and poetic. Now rare. Without rimples; esp. (of a body of water) smooth, unrippled. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > without wrinkles or folds unfrizzled1611 unrumpleda1643 explicit1697 unpuckered1775 unrimpled1775 wrinkleless1793 foldless1845 creaseless1852 uncrumpled1854 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unrimpled, not rimpled. a1819 J. W. Eastburn & R. C. Sands Yamoyden (1820) i. xx. 31 Round us waves unrimpled flow. a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) iii. 21 The placid waters..Were all unrimpled by the gentle air. 1911 Pacific Monthly Aug. 175/1 The trees crowding and jostling down to the edge, leaning over to mirror themselves in the unrimpled water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1775 |
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