unswallowedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈswɒləʊd/, U.S. /ˌənˈswɑloʊd/ (un- prefix1 2a, 2c.)
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > swallowed or swallowing > not
unswallowedc1400
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1253 Alle þat swypped vnswolȝed of þe sworde kene, Þay wer..broþely broȝt to babyloyn.
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 398 Thinking his unswallowed-down carcase happiness..enough for him.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. v. 183 The guests..sat, some time, with open mouth, and unswallowed victuals.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. iv. 167 A man may moderate its paroxysms,..and keep himself unswallowed on the top of it [sc. a ‘whirlpool of Babylonish confusions’].
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 79 The brawny spearman let his cheek Bulge with the unswallow'd piece, and turning stared.
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