单词 | unpatroned |
释义 | unpatronedadj. Originally: without a patron or supporter. Later also: lacking an audience or clientele. Cf. unpatronized adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > [adjective] > supported by patronage > not unpatronized1620 patronless1647 unpatroned1658 1658 G. Swinhoe Trag. Unhappy Fair Irene Prol. sig. ∵v By which emboldned unpatron'd doth commit Her Self unto the World's Protectorship. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. Pref. p. xiv This Disadvantage..gave his first Volume, unpatroned and unfriended as it was, so very kind a Reception. 1767 Prospect of Liberty 42 Unpension'd and unpatron'd I remain, As yet undamn'd by any venal strain. 1877 Catholic World June 328/1 This unpatroned and self-confident painter stung their curiosity. a1915 G. Calderon Cromwell ii. i, in Three Plays & Pantomime (1922) 220 No suitor dare, on pain of durance, Present his plaint unpatroned at the Throne. 2007 M. Cody Mosquitoes don't drink Rakia iii. 58 Nervous Fred was hanging around his unpatroned bar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1658 |
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