unshornadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈʃɔːn/, U.S.

/ˌənˈʃɔrn/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Old English unscoren, Middle Dutch ongescoren (Dutch -schoren), Old High German ungescoran (Middle High German ungeschorn, German -schoren), Old Norse úskorinn (Swedish oskuren, Danish uskaaren).

1. Not shorn, cut, or cropped:

a. Of cloth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > sheared or clipped > not clipped or cropped

unshorn1464

unbarbed1535

1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 564/2 [No person shall buy] eny Wolles than unshorn, or take promesse of bargayn of eny Wolles than unshoren.

1486 Bk. St. Albans b v A dagon or pece of Rough blanket vnshoron.

1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 13 §1 No wollen cloth..shuld be conveyed ouer the See unrowed, unbarbed and unshorne.

1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K3 His phenix downe began but to appeare Like vnshorne veluet.

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xix. 232 He wore a purple Vest Unshorn, and lin'd.

1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 393 White Velvet, but unshorn, for Cloaks they wore.

1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 4 True Witney Broad-cloath, with it's Shag unshorn.

b. Of persons or animals, hair, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > cut short > not

unevesed?14..

undressed1445

unshornc1449

unpiked1542

unnotched1557

untewed1591

unpolled1605

unscissored1633

unsheared1707

unbarbered1846

untonsured1855

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 118 The coueryng..was..the heer of wommennys heed vnschorn.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Intonsus Sheepe vnshorne.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 138 Bye not your Sheepe but washed & vnshorne.

1596 W. Smith Chloris xlviii Those curled locks which thou wast wont to twist, Vnkempt, vnshorne, and out of order beene.

1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 65 Listening to what unshorn Apollo sings.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 49 As the locks of Phœbus are unshorn.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 87 All amort, Save to St. Agnes and her lambs unshorn.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxix. 355 The caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco.

c. Of corn, fields, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed > not

unslainc1440

unmown1536

unreaped1552

unshorn1580

unbarbed1612

unmowed1615

unscytheda1818

unsickleda1822

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 43^v Some mowe vp their hedlonds, and plots among corne: and driuen to leaue nothing, vnmowne or vnshorne.

1601 P. Rosseter Bk. of Ayres ii. ii. sig. H A Meadow yet vnshorne.

1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson 87 His rip'ned Corne; Whereof, some part..stood unshorne.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 23 The Mountain tops unshorn, the Rocks rejoice.

1757 M. Akenside Pleasures Imag. i. 316 The pathless woods unshorn That wave o'er huge Olympus.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 32 Of mountain fir with bark unshorn.

a1850 W. C. Bryant Prairies 2 These are..The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 222 This garland..Of wilding flowers plucked from an unshorn meadow.

2. figurative. Not reduced or diminished; not deprived of something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > [adjective] > possessing > not deprived of something

undeprived1564

unleft1598

unforlorn1635

unshorn1818

unbereft1820

the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > whole or undiminished

unminished1529

undiminished1587

unpruned1598

unscanted1599

unshortened1744

unshorn1818

unshrunken1862

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxii. 39 An Iris sits,..and,..bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn.

1818 J. Keats There is a Charm 12 One who was great through mortal days, and died of fame unshorn.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I ii, in Wks. (1870) II. 381 To his God Alone he must deliver up his trust, Unshorn of its permitted attributes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unshorn
释义	unshornadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈʃɔːn/, U.S. /ˌənˈʃɔrn/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Old English unscoren, Middle Dutch ongescoren (Dutch -schoren), Old High German ungescoran (Middle High German ungeschorn, German -schoren), Old Norse úskorinn (Swedish oskuren, Danish uskaaren). 1. Not shorn, cut, or cropped: a. Of cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > sheared or clipped > not clipped or cropped unshorn1464 unbarbed1535 1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 564/2 [No person shall buy] eny Wolles than unshorn, or take promesse of bargayn of eny Wolles than unshoren. 1486 Bk. St. Albans b v A dagon or pece of Rough blanket vnshoron. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 13 §1 No wollen cloth..shuld be conveyed ouer the See unrowed, unbarbed and unshorne. 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K3 His phenix downe began but to appeare Like vnshorne veluet. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xix. 232 He wore a purple Vest Unshorn, and lin'd. 1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 393 White Velvet, but unshorn, for Cloaks they wore. 1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 4 True Witney Broad-cloath, with it's Shag unshorn. b. Of persons or animals, hair, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > cut short > not unevesed?14.. undressed1445 unshornc1449 unpiked1542 unnotched1557 untewed1591 unpolled1605 unscissored1633 unsheared1707 unbarbered1846 untonsured1855 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 118 The coueryng..was..the heer of wommennys heed vnschorn. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Intonsus Sheepe vnshorne. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 138 Bye not your Sheepe but washed & vnshorne. 1596 W. Smith Chloris xlviii Those curled locks which thou wast wont to twist, Vnkempt, vnshorne, and out of order beene. 1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 65 Listening to what unshorn Apollo sings. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 49 As the locks of Phœbus are unshorn. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 87 All amort, Save to St. Agnes and her lambs unshorn. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxix. 355 The caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco. c. Of corn, fields, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed > not unslainc1440 unmown1536 unreaped1552 unshorn1580 unbarbed1612 unmowed1615 unscytheda1818 unsickleda1822 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 43^v Some mowe vp their hedlonds, and plots among corne: and driuen to leaue nothing, vnmowne or vnshorne. 1601 P. Rosseter Bk. of Ayres ii. ii. sig. H A Meadow yet vnshorne. 1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson 87 His rip'ned Corne; Whereof, some part..stood unshorne. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 23 The Mountain tops unshorn, the Rocks rejoice. 1757 M. Akenside Pleasures Imag. i. 316 The pathless woods unshorn That wave o'er huge Olympus. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 32 Of mountain fir with bark unshorn. a1850 W. C. Bryant Prairies 2 These are..The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 222 This garland..Of wilding flowers plucked from an unshorn meadow. 2. figurative. Not reduced or diminished; not deprived of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [adjective] > possessing > not deprived of something undeprived1564 unleft1598 unforlorn1635 unshorn1818 unbereft1820 the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > whole or undiminished unminished1529 undiminished1587 unpruned1598 unscanted1599 unshortened1744 unshorn1818 unshrunken1862 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxii. 39 An Iris sits,..and,..bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn. 1818 J. Keats There is a Charm 12 One who was great through mortal days, and died of fame unshorn. a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I ii, in Wks. (1870) II. 381 To his God Alone he must deliver up his trust, Unshorn of its permitted attributes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1449
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