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单词 unmounded
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unmoundedadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, mounded adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + mounded adj.Perhaps compare the following, perhaps slightly earlier, instance of a verb unmound ( < un- prefix2 + mound v.):1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job & Psalms sig. O 2v Should men thus rob God of his right, unmound his Several, make false entry upon his free-hold?
Obsolete.
Not enclosed or bound by a fence or hedge.
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a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) vi. 91 Nor men Fear'd lest their..fruits should be a prey To theives, and gardens all unmounded lay [L. aperto viveret horto].
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 326 By Nature, he may be..of a good soyl; yet, if he lyes unmounded, he shall be sure to be alwayes low.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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