unreinedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈreɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈreɪnd/ Free from restraint or control; unrestrained, unleashed. Also in literal sense: (of a horse, etc.) free from the control of the reins.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > of emotions
unreineda1500
effrenate1561
unbitteda1586
rabid1641
rampish1661
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 98 (MED) He..shall iuge the philosophie of the sect of Mahomet, vnreyned in lechery and owt of all ordinaunce in delites of the bodye.
1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Morall Philos. iv. f. 110v And seeing his vnreyned arrogancie, the Lybbard stepped forth, and gaue euidence before the counsell of that hee had heard and knowen.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. vi. sig. Aa2 Whilst thys wilde vnrained multitude..Ransack the Citty.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. viii. sig. Iv When the Minde is madded with vn-reined passions.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 17 Least from this flying Steed unrein'd,..Dismounted, on th' Aleian Field I fall. View more context for this quotation
1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 312 The delirious flights of an unreined imagination.
1822 New Monthly Mag. 6 210/2 In a Grecian chariot, with the unreined horses of a Diomed trampling upon the dragon of St. George.
1850 J. S. Blackie in tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 10 We cannot but condemn the spirit of unreined independence.
1922 E. T. Seton Bannertail xxxvi. 178 He..gobbled with growing unreined greed, not one, but two or three.
1990 D. Walcott Omeros vi. 35 The unreined horse plunged with its dolphining neck.
2007 R. Atkinson Day of Battle (2008) iii. 131 Off Patton's forces went at a gallop, west by north, an army unreined.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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