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单词 unrestrained
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unrestrainedadj.n.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈstreɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈstreɪnd/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and restrain v.1 and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, restrain v.1, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + restrain v.1 + -ed suffix1. Compare later restrained adj.
A. adj.
1.
a. Not subjected (or subject) to restraint, esp. in respect of action or conduct; uninhibited; spontaneous, natural.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > in action, conduct, or habit
freec1300
unbridledc1374
riotous?1456
liberala1500
unrestrained1531
libertine1593
relaxed1623
long-waisted1647
self-abandoning1817
laissez-aller1818
self-abandoned1833
uninhibited1880
un-Victorian1908
leggo1943
zizzy1966
loose1968
1531 Bp. W. Barlow Dyaloge Lutheran Faccyons sig. l3 Sathane ys loosed at large, & the lyenge goste the spyryte of vntrueth, walkyth at lyberty vnrestreynede.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. sig. Hh3 Zelmanes..vnrestrained parts, the minde & eie, had their free course to the delicate Philoclea.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 7 There..he daylie doth frequent, With vnrestrained loose companions. View more context for this quotation
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 34 The vnrestrained, and free choyse of the will.
1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 68 He that is guilty of the Excess, is said to be..unrestrained and let loose to all Debauchery.
1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 67 With heads and hearts elated by affluence, and unrestrained by foresight or discretion.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 182 What will not power effect, when unrestrained by conscience?
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxxxix. 56 While o'er the parent clime prowls Murder unrestrain'd.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. ii. 159 His letters..are simple, easy, and unrestrained.
1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah xii. 445 The free and unrestrained life of an English lady.
1890 Retrospect Med. 102 351 He walks about the room,..and in many respects is unrestrained in his movements.
1936 Obituary Notices Fellows Royal Soc. 2 2 It was..only the minor happenings that he treated in such a light-hearted and boyishly unrestrained manner.
1960 ELH 27 270 This is the very picture of what Aristotle calls the incontinent, or unrestrained, man.
2008 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Dec. (Work section) 4 An unrestrained personality is often valued where a flexible, spontaneous approach is called for.
b. spec. Free from physical restraint; esp. not restrained by a seat belt, safety harness, or the like.
ΚΠ
1950 Pop. Sci. July 84/2 According to the Thin Man, the body of a relaxed, unrestrained passenger in even a fairly minor crash moves upward and forward with considerable force.
1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 June 1620/1 Unrestrained front seat occupants showed a higher incidence of serious injury when there were rear seat passengers.
2010 Sun (Nexis) 8 Sept. 7 An unrestrained child can be killed in an impact with speeds as low as 5mph.
2. Esp. of emotions: allowed free rein or vent, given full expression; uncontrolled, unchecked, unconfined.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > completely unchecked
unbridledc1374
untempered1377
bridleless?1406
unrepressed?a1425
untemperatea1425
savagea1450
unchecked1469
undaunted1513
uncontrolleda1535
reinless1566
unrestrained1578
ineffrenate1581
unbitteda1586
check-free1598
uncurbed1600
checkless1604
unbounded1608
uncontained?1611
dis'chained1615
ungoverneda1616
unstanched1621
unsneaped1647
incontrolled1650
controlless1657
irregulated1664
curbless1813
do-as-you-please1845
disenchaineda1849
1578 A. Golding tr. Seneca Conc. Benefyting vi. xxx. f. 97 Folowing vnrestreyned wrathe, they shed the blud of manie men, & at the last their owne too.
a1600 R. Hooker Remedie Sorrow & Fear (1612) 3 Naturall compassion..caused them..to poure forth vnrestrained teares.
1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §42. 53 So unrestrained [are] the Passions of Men.
1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. xiii. 516 Her tears now flowed fast from unrestrained delight.
1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxiii. 172 He was attacked with all the bitterness of a..very unrestrained animosity.
1941 Life 11 Aug. 68/2 The first Lindbergh broadcast..stirred consternation among the friends of Britain and enemies of Hitler, unrestrained joy among the isolationists.
1963 P. H. Aron in J. S. Curtiss Ess. Russ. & Soviet Hist. iii. 295 Unrestrained greed for power and wealth gripped these rulers.
2000 J. Nicoletta Buildings of Nevada 220/2 A new plaza displaying an even more unrestrained classicism stands just to the north.
3.
a. Not restricted or limited.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > not restricted or limited
unrestrained1600
unbounded1608
undetermined1627
negative1678
irrestrictive1709
unrestricted1750
unshackled1776
wide open1858
1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah xv. 314 That vnrestrained prerogatiue in God, is once more expressed to vs in the selfe same fish.
1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre v. x. 199 His power must be..vnrestrained, that flying with vnpinion'd wings it may seeme to be hid within the Skie of the greatest Actions.
1670 Earl of Clarendon Ess. in Tracts (1727) 184 The spacious Fields of their unlimited and unrestrained Contemplation.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 95 There being..an unrestrain'd Intercourse between the King's Camp and Edenborough.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. i. 363 The emulation which an unrestrained competition never fails to excite. View more context for this quotation
1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. viii. 219 The unrestrained intermixture of ranks..is a remarkable trait of your national manners.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxviii. 364 The men..had frequent and unrestrained intercourse with them.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 376 The ‘unantagonised’ or ‘unrestrained’ influence exerted by the cerebellum.
1928 Sci. Monthly Aug. 99 (caption) Land destroyed for crop use by unrestrained erosion.
1990 A. Toffler Powershift iii. xiii. 148 The drawbacks of unrestrained liberty became starkly apparent.
2012 Daily Tel. 8 Aug. 15/5 The former all-you-can-eat format served as an unrestrained invitation to gluttony and waste.
b. Chiefly Law. Esp. of words: not limited in application. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > free or unrestrained
ejaculatory1646
unrestrained1764
omniloquent1824
outspoken1850
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > generally applicable
general1394
communicative1641
irrestrictive1709
unrestrained1764
1764 W. Guthrie Reply to Counter-address 39 His gross invectives..were not confined, as my Author would pretend, to the subjects of the warrants, but were very vague and unrestrained.
1766 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 2 920 The Generality of the Expression..if unrestrained and unqualified by other Words, would carry All the Testator's Estate in Possession, Reversion or Remainder.
1873 Rep. Cases Supreme Court N.Y. (new ed.) 2 365 This case pre-supposes that the general words may be restrained by implication from other parts of the will. [The case of] Tenny v. Agar, goes upon the general, unrestrained words.
B. n.
With the and plural agreement. Unrestrained people considered collectively.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > one who acts freely
libertine1612
free agent1649
thelemite1656
unreserved1756
volent1768
unrestrained1770
free-wheeler1938
1770 R. Glover Leonidas (ed. 5) I. iv. 150 The unrestrain'd and free Will fly from danger.
1857 F. W. Faber Poems iv. v. 83 A painful problem, gendering thought and tears Even in the sage, and in the unrestrained A refuge oft for easy misbelief.
1917 C. A. F. Rhys Davids tr. Bk. Kindred Sayings (2005) I. 106 In garb of decent well-conducted folk The unrestrained live in the world at large.
2004 tr. Proclus in J. Dillon & L. P. Gerson Neoplatonic Philos. 349 Various areas of human life—where..the unrestrained are opposed to the temperate.

Derivatives

ˌunreˈstrainedness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun]
freedomOE
freenesslOE
libertya1393
licence?a1400
wilfulnessc1460
immunity1549
latitude1605
voluntariness1612
liberum arbitrium1642
free agencya1646
libertinism1649
unrestrainedness1698
unrestraint1755
relaxity1759
head1804
laissez-aller1818
unrestrictedness1825
uninhibitedness1947
1698 R. Ferguson View Ecclesiastick 77 To speak or write of those whom one dislikes, with a Liberty and Unrestrainedness, as if every thing were lawful to be pronounced of them.
1855 Harper's Mag. June 98/1 Its chief peculiarity seemed, that, large as it was, it had all the unrestrainedness and cosiness of home.
1889 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 296 No men on earth ever have had liberty in the sense of unrestrainedness of action.
1971 Hist. & Theory 11 74 Inner independence and unrestrainedness..flourish only in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom and enlightened open-mindedness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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