单词 | unpointed |
释义 | unpointedadj.ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > tagged points or laces > not unpointed1574 society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [adjective] > pointing > not pointed at unpointed ata1555 unpointed1574 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 406 His shirt ragged, his doublet lose and vnpointed. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. vi. 165 Any person, man or woman; unbraced, unlaced, unpointed and unbuttoned. 2. a. Not provided with punctuation; unpunctuated. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adjective] > in written mode > not punctuated unpointed1581 unpunctuated1790 1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession 129 The..whiche letter he left vnpointed of purpose, because that..it might bee poincted two waies, and made to seeme either to her praise or dispraise. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. L But read it thus, and thats an other sence:..Vnpointed as it is, thus shall it goe. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 107 He returned unto them a Ridling Answer, altogether unpointed. 1766 R. Andrews in tr. Virgil Wks. Pref. 3 Read only according to the sense yet making at each line's end if unpointed, a moment's pause. 1844 J. Wilson Treat. Grammatical Punctuation 21 Explain why the following sentences are unpointed. 1923 Library 4 115 All other lines end with a comma, except one which is accidentally unpointed. 2012 Notes & Queries Dec. 521/2 The stanza's second line presents an unpointed caesura after ‘Succeeding’. b. Not provided with diacritics or similar marks; (in Hebrew and other Semitic languages) spec.: without marks to indicate vowels, distinguish consonants, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > diacritic > having diacritics > not unvowelled1624 unpointed1641 unpricked1690 1641 E. Dering Foure Cardinall-vertues Carmelite-fryar i. 30 Three words in Greek, whereof one was unpointed. 1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered x. 218 What Buxtorf..saith of the uncertainty of the Chaldee unpointed.., may be as truly said and applied to the Hebrew unpointed. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah Notes 236 It is upon a rasure in a third; and left unpointed at first, as suspected, in a fourth. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant 203 Like the reader of unpointed Hebrew, who supplies for himself the vowels. 1943 A. W. Hummel Eminent Chinese of Ch'ing Period I. 213 After the introduction of these improvements the earlier unpointed manuscripts were referred to as documents without circles or dots. 2006 J. Owens Ling. Hist. Arabic iv. 120 The original written Koranic text..was unvoweled (and unpointed). 3. Of an argument, literary work, etc.: lacking a clear point or denouement; not direct, incisive or witty. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] feeblec1400 colourlessc1425 flagging1540 pithless1555 blanched1570 toothless1592 unpointed1604 unsinewed1604 jejune1615 low-pitched1622 unsinewy?1623 macilent1624 flaccid1647 insinewy1653 unsubstanceda1658 incogent1667 pointless1673 languida1677 enervatea1704 unaccentuated1716 unnervate1725 lank1729 unforcible1754 nerveless1763 weak1771 flabby1793 slip-slop1814 tinkling1822 exsanguinea1834 twittery1840 slipshod1842 under-coloured1870 shaftless1881 thin1890 unaccented1893 wimpish1925 wimp1979 1604 Abp. G. Abbot Reasons Dr. Hill Vnmasked iv. 175 Saving M. Doctours vnpointed and vnconcluding discourse, what can there by sound argument bee enforced therevpon? 1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 16 But thou in Clumsy verse, unlickt, unpointed, Hast Shamefully defi'd the Lord's Anointed. 1732 L. Crusius Lives Rom. Poets II. 81 The Pointed Epigram..has a turn or sting in the conclusion..and is generally reckoned the best; though there are many good Epigrams.., unpointed, that have no turn at all. 1759 Monthly Rev. July 151 To fall into, or feign a spirit of slumber over unpointed candour, moderation, and truth. 1853 London Q. Rev. Sept. 39 The polished but unpointed sermons of the episcopal Clergy could not so rivet the attention or transfix the heart. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 July 23/4 [It] reads like a film script, with the same kind of unpointed and inconsequential dialogue. 4. Of an object: not provided with a point; not sharpened. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adjective] > having blunt end pointlessc1330 unpointed1608 round-nosed1678 probe-pointed1748 round-nose1851 snoutless1862 blunt-pointed1881 butt-ended1892 blunt-topped1908 1608 H. Fitzsimon Catholike Confut. 21 Long, and short weapons, pointed, and vnpointed knyues, and frenche poesies. 1719 ‘J. Gay’ Ovid in Masquerade 34 Their dull unpointed Steel, Could ne'er have pierc'd his tender Heel. 1757 E. Perronet Mitre (new ed.) iv. 249 Come draw thy wooden sword: Point with it's dull unpointed blade. 1847 G. Simpson Overland Journey round World i. vii. 176 An upright handle for the ploughman is fixed to the unpointed end of the share. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 299 [He] leans on a lance unpointed and bright. 1928 H. Parker Rom. Legions 19 The Romans..employed the two-edged sword in preference to the long unpointed weapon of the Gauls. 1962 Rotarian Dec. 39/1 Pressure is applied either by fingers or by any unpointed object, such as a spoon. 2006 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 23 Sept. c6/4 Place a piece of sausage on the straight end (the un-pointed end) of each skewer. 5. Of brickwork, stone, and other building materials: having joints that are not filled in with mortar or cement; without pointing (pointing n.1 1). ΚΠ 1825 Cobbett's Weekly Reg. 24 Sept. 773 That pile of rough brick which seems to have been put up by drunken workmen, who, ashamed of their job, left it unpointed and unplastered. 1857 Ladies' Repository July 3/1 The fact that we have actually lived in a log house, an unpointed, unwhitewashed, unpainted, ugly, rough log house. 1937 Ars Islamica 4 8 The sanctuary interior was never finished, as may be seen by..the unpointed brick joints. 2007 B. Cutler 211 Things Bright Girl can Do 50 Unvarnished doors warping in the rain and unpointed brickwork letting in the damp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1574 |
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