unpluckedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈplʌkt/, U.S. /ˌənˈpləkt/ Not plucked. Also with adverbs, as away, out, etc.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away > plucking or plucked > not plucked
unpluckedc1536
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > harvested > not
unpluckedc1536
unled1569
ungathered1592
unpicked1600
uncropped?1610
ungarnered1850
unharvested1867
the world > life > the body > hair > eyebrow > [adjective]
beetle-browed1362
bresedc1400
well-browed1483
supercilious1656
white-browed1740
plucked1762
supraciliary1821
gathered1823
palpebrous1846
palpebral1854
surciliary1874
thatched1889
bushy-browed1912
unplucked1959
monobrowed1973
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [adjective] > coloured (of eyes) > shaped (of eyebrows) > not
unplucked1959
c1536 Articles conc. Dissolucion Relig. Housez Lancaster in T. D. Whitaker Hist. Parish of Whalley (1818) 562 It'm for ye Church of Cartmell, being the Priorie, and alsoe P'sh Church, whether to stand unplucked downe or not?
1568 G. Skeyne Breue Descriptioun Pest iii. sig. A4v The third part of the people..war not left vnplukit away, be sic ane..manslayar.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 63 And you sweete flow'rs,..Your selues vnpluckt would to his funerals hie.
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida i. iii. sig. D2v His hands bereft His hoary head of all that time had left Unpluckt before.
1748 H. Layng Several Pieces Prose & Verse 17 No Garland is for Venus made, The Myrtle dies, and unpluck'd Roses fade.
1799 Poetry of Anti-Jacobin 172 The golden time, when the first beams of the morning meet and embrace one another!—The blooming blue upon the yet unplucked plum!
1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. viii. 213 The green cold moss above it grown, Unpluck'd of all but maiden hand.
1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic vii Unplucked grace Of soul, ungathered beauty.
1889 W. C. Russell Marooned I. vi. 73 The bird came to the table..somewhat prickly with unplucked quills.
1914 M. Johnston Witch xxviii. 366 Unplucked-out weeds.
1959 ‘E. Peters’ Death Mask i. 8 Her brows were still high, shapely, and unplucked.
1985 J. Schneider Contemp. Guitar vi. 118 The plucked string then excites the unplucked string through sympathetic vibration.
2012 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 11 Nov. 25 She's been castigated for her looks, her hair, her smoking; even once for having unplucked eyebrows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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