unprickedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈprɪkt/, U.S. /ˌənˈprɪkt/ 1. Not punctured; unperforated; uninjured by pricking. Also in extended use.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > free from injury > specific
unhewna1400
unstangeda1400
uncutc1426
unbirsed1435
unpricked1561
unpoisoned1579
unvenued1581
unwrung1604
unbruiseda1616
unstung1615
unbraineda1627
pierce-free1629
whole-eared1681
unscalped1726
bite-free1730
unembowelleda1731
unbleeding1812
unlamed1839
undrugged1868
undislocated1876
unjabbed1891
unshot1897
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated > with a sharp-pointed instrument > not pierced or perforated
unpricked1561
unbored1598
unperforated1634
unperforate1722
unjabbed1891
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > seat of the emotions > [adjective] > unpierced (of the heart)
unpricked1882
1561 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) vi. sig. Si Who wysheth well to liue and eke where thornes do grow With feete vnpricked for to go let him seke her to know.
a1591 H. Smith Poore Mans Teares (1592) 82 As a thisle whiche a man can hardly touche vnpricked.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Plumer To pill, or vnhuske, a chestnut..which..few can doe easily, or with vnprickt fingers.
1682 G. Hartman True Preserver & Restorer of Health vii. 77 Anoint the place with the Oyl of shell-Snails being prickt with a Needle, and lay thereto a Snail unprickt.
?1780 J. Graham Lect. Generation 30 Pure simple nature, unshackled by custom, and unpricked by rank lust, shrinks from..the idea of a man and a woman associating amorously together.
1856 Colburn's United Service Mag. Jan. 19 A charge of powder, contained in a serge bag unpricked.
1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 74 If your heart be left unpricked,..the word has been in vain.
1930 Art Bull. 12 10 The hypothesis accounts for..so magnificent and thoughtful a drawing remaining unsquared and unpricked, because no cartoon was ever made.
1958 ‘S. Miles’ Lettice Delmer 103 Lettice has an urge To work herself so weary that she sleeps Unpricked by guilty thoughts.
2009 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 7 Jan. (Taste section) 27 The outer edge of the pastry is left unpricked so that it will rise and support the filling.
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society > communication > indication > marking > [adjective] > with dots > not
unpricked1588
society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > diacritic > having diacritics > not
unvowelled1624
unpointed1641
unpricked1690
1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Fiijv Diuers parcels more may remaine vnpricked in the Leager, which ought not to bee put in the Iournall.
1629 J. Lightfoot Erubhin xxxi. 112 Somtime they mistooke the vnpricked text, and so misconstrued. A vowelled Bible they might haue had but would not.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 426 The Septuagint, who in their unprick'd Bibles did read Matteh a Rod for Mittah a Bed.
1721 T. Walter Grounds & Rules Musick 22 The Semibreve in Triple Time being unpricked, amounting to the length of two Minims in the same Time.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [adjective] > fermented or soured > not
unpricked1645
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxxv. 67 I have sent you a Runlet of it.., and if it com safe and unprick'd, I pray bestow som Bottles upon the Lady (you know).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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