unmoulderedunmolderedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈməʊldəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈmoʊldərd/ Now rare.
Not turned to dust, not crumbled or decayed.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > not decomposed
undissolved1603
unmouldered1745
undecomposeda1835
1745 T. Gibbons Britannia's Alarm 13 The Baptist's Head compleat, Unmoulder'd by the Waste of Time, appears.
1798 E. Gardner Misc. II. 47 Ah! let me now revisit these still stones Unmoulder'd yet.
1843 E. A. Poe Premature Burial in Wks. (1864) I. 327 It was the skeleton of his wife in her yet unmouldered shroud.
1907 W. Boulting Tasso & his Times ix. 173 [Tasso] could still weave what unmouldered threads and unsullied colours he might discover therein into fresh..designs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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