单词 | unrough |
释义 | unroughadj. Not rough, smooth; (formerly) spec. free from hair or bristles.In quot. OE: (of a garment) seamless. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] smeethc725 unroughOE plaina1398 balghc1440 smoothc1440 glat1481 fair1486 handsmooth1530 terse1602 smooth-faced1647 sleekyc1725 smack-smooth1755 knotless1792 gleg1808 textureless1846 glabrous1860 unsculptured1891 the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > having no unbearded1560 smooth-faced1591 unrougha1616 imberbic1623 undowned1657 imberb1923 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John xix. 23 Erat autem tunica inconsutilis desuper contexta per totum : uæs uutudlice cyrtil unruh uel smoeðe uel ufa geuoefen ðerh all. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. l. 186 Thus the kinges [of bees] may be fonde:..in colour shynyng pure, And smothe, vnrough. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. ii. 10 There is Seywards Sonne, And many vnruffe youths, that euen now Protest their first of Manhood. View more context for this quotation 1780 Poem Late Calamities Eng. 26 Young Carlisle breath'd the sense of unrough Lords. 1959 Code of Federal Regulations: 7: Agric. (Federal Register Div., U.S.) I. 193/1 Low Quality Cutters In Straw Color. Unrough, lean, fairly ripe, not flimsy, thin body, not weak or narrow. 2006 V. M. Bell Yeats & Logic of Formalism iii. 90 The attractively unrough contours that the historical past invariably has. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.OE |
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