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单词 unsquared
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unsquaredadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsquared.
Not made square; not reduced to a square form or section.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective]
unsewly?c1225
unseemlyc1340
unburlya1400
ungoodly1495
unhandsome1530
unsquared1549
inelegant1570
unelegant1570
indecent1590
undressed1598
unfinified1609
undecent1622
the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > quadrilateral > square or rectangular > square > not made square
unsquared1549
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. viii. f. xxiiiv An idole..hathe no more Godhead in it, than an other vnsquared piece of tymber.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Descr. Germanie ii, in Annales 262 They..vse to all buildings vnsquared and vnwrought timber.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 5) 592 An unsquared stone..must not be put into the building of Christ.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxix. 90 Such Trees as one would leave round, and unsquar'd.
1798 C. Hutton Course Math. II. 95 To find the Solidity of Round or Unsquared Timber.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xix. 152 The log-house was made of unsquared trunks of pine.
figurative.1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. G3v The more he growes in stature.., The more vnsquard, vnbeuelled he appeares.1607 J. Marston What you Will Induct. Were I to passe Through publick verdit, I should feare my forme, Least ought I offerd were unsquard or warp'd.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 159 With termes vnsquare, Which from the tongue of roaring Tiphon dropt, Would seeme hiperboles.
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