unsearedadj.
1. Not made sear; unwithered.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > flourishing or luxuriant in growth
greeneOE
frimOE
ranka1325
wlonk1398
flourishingc1400
rankish1495
frank?1548
gole1573
abled1576
wanton1579
proud1597
unseared1599
unwithered1599
ramping1607
lusha1616
fulsome1633
luxurious1644
rampant1648
luxuriant1661
lascivious1698
pert1727
unnipped1775
verdurous1820
happy1875
the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > other spec.
unruinated1567
unfretted1577
unworna1586
unclung1587
unseared1599
unwithered1599
unruined1607
unabraded1827
unweathered1843
untattered1856
as new1898
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 48 That is, (as some do expounde this worde vnseriall,) vnsered, vnsinged, vnwithered.
1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 102 Preserving..a portion of its foliage unseared by frosts.
a1847 E. Cook Like Evergreen iii It remaineth unseared in the deluge of light.
2. Not made hard or callous.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective]
passiblec1384
susceptive1577
impressive1593
waxy1594
eath1596
impressible1626
mutual1657
responsive1657
open1672
susceptible1709
unsteeled1744
unblunted1775
sensate1788
affectible1796
tangible1813
suscipient1815
impressionable1833
impressional1860
unseared1860
reachable1873
passionful1902
1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey vi. 59 Many things which he would have shrunk back from at first, while his conscience was yet unseared.
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