untoldadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtəʊld/, U.S. /ˌənˈtoʊld/ a. Not counted or reckoned; not counted out or paid. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > not numbered or reckoned
un-i-rimeOE
untoldc1000
un-i-rimedOE
unnumbereda1382
unsummeda1400
innumered1471
uncounteda1500
unpolled1652
unreckoned1690
unenumerated1799
c1000 Sax. Leechd., etc. III. 264 Be ðam dæge spræc se wisa Augustinus,..gyf he byð forlæten unteald, þær rihte awent eall ðæs geares ymbryn þwyres.
a1400 Octouian 821 He tok the floryns all vntold.
14.. Tundale's Vis. 64 He went..To a mon to ascon his pay For thre horsis that he had sold For the whych the pennys wer untold.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 592 Certes were it gold Or in a poke nobles all vntold Thow sholdest haue.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxxvi. sig. I Among a number one is reckon'd none. Then in the number let me passe vntold . View more context for this quotation
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified
untoldc1340
unspecified1624
unparticularized1775
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7447 Wha couth þan telle..Alle þe syns..And leve nane untald, gret ne smale, Þe whilk a man has here fallen in.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18549 Þaa Iuus sau þis ilk man do signes sere,—þe blind to se, þe dumb at here,..And oþer takens fele vn-teld.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23139 In pride & tricchery..And in vntolde synnes fele.
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 3239 Forthe went they..To syr mordred and hys lordis,..And an C knyghtis all vn-tolde.
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. Dv Faire trees..Are cut to maintaine head-tires—much vntold, All thriues but Chastity, she lyes a cold.
2.
a. Uncounted, unreckoned, because of amount or numbers; immense, vast. untold gold (= any amount of gold), probably originally in sense 1a (= not carefully or exactly counted).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge > therefore not able to be measured or estimated
unachteleda1325
inestimablec1374
unmeasureda1398
untolda1400
measurelessc1400
unmeasurablec1400
immeasurable1440
immensurable1535
unestimable1542
modeless1583
immeasured1590
unvalued1590
countless1593
unrecomptless1593
inestimate1614
starlike1616
unmeted1635
inestimal1678
invaluablea1694
immensurate1720
incalculablea1797
uncountable1858
a1400–50 Alexander 2677 Þare fand he tresour vntald.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum viii. 22 Þe kyngdom of hevene, in þe which is tresour vntold.
1672 W. Walker Paroemiologia Anglo-Lat. 24 You may trust him in the dark; with untold gold.
1754 Connoisseur No. 18. ⁋3 He..boasts that you may safely trust him with untold gold.
1782 W. Cowper Verses by A. Selkirk 25 Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word!
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. liv. 605 The untold number of these barbarians was reported as overwhelming.
1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) I. i. ii. 83 All the untold riches of his treasury.
b. With plural nouns: In large numbers; numberless, countless.
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the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > too numerous to be counted
innumerable1340
unaimablea1382
infinitec1405
innumerousc1540
sans nombre1550
untolda1586
unreckonable1647
accountless?1650
myriad1654
myriaded1667
legion1687
myriad1765
dunnamany1836
myriadfold1874
a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 177 The byg pyk blew and þai out threw out of the townis vntald.
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida i. iii. sig. D1 A fruitful Pasture..where in untold Droves did feed His bellowing Heards.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Masque of Anarchy (1832) lxxii. 37 Ye who suffer woes untold.
1868 A. Helps Realmah I. viii. 280 Untold ages have passed since the day when [etc.].
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xxvii. 376 The genial climate..lasted for untold centuries.
c. With abstract nouns. Unmeasured, unlimited.In early Middle English unitald fultum occurs ( Cott. Hom. 233).
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1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 330 Incomparable gem! thy worth untold.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 60 His mouth was agitated..with untold sorrow.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 147 He seemed to see the ancient sage Shrivelled yet more with untold age.
1875 T. W. Higginson Young Folks' Hist. U.S. xxi. 212 It had also cost the Americans untold suffering.
3. Not related or recounted.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not mentioned
unsaidc1000
untouchedc1380
untoldc1386
unreckoneda1425
undescrived1435
unrehearsedc1443
unrecitedc1487
unrecountedc1487
unspoken1487
unpronounced1496
unconfesseda1500
indiscussed1534
unmentioned1545
unpreachedc1555
unexpressed1561
unquoted1567
undescribed1575
unreported1576
unrepeated1577
uncited1581
unalleged1587
undelated1597
untalked1599
unspoke1608
unrelated1611
unuttered1651
unimparted1655
unlanguaged1677
uncommented1751
unchanted1820
unwhispered1821
unbreatheda1827
unpoetized1831
unenounceda1856
unvoiced1859
unworded1860
unstated1864
unadmitted1895
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋1010 Lat no blotte be bihynde, lat no synne been vntoold as fer as thow hast remembraunce.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 12 Whanne a man is shreue, he shulde leue no thinge vntolde.
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvii. f. cviiiv I haue..proued afore that he muste meane so: or ellys muste haue lefte hys tale vntolde.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 563 The truthe of the tale [is] vntold to your ere.
1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 175 b Rather then to suffer a..heresy vncomptrolled, or the truthe vntolde.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) i. sig. C The cause..shall be to all the World untol'd.
1645 J. Milton Arcades in Poems 53 Where ye may more neer behold What shallow-searching Fame hath left untold.
1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Cij Such Tales shall be left untold by me.
1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. xiii. 525 A reciprocal confidence that left nothing untold, not an action unrelated.
1823 F. D. Hemans Last Constantine xxv, in Siege of Valencia 15 In their mien..Things, by the brave untold, may fearfully be read!
1875 J. P. Hopps Princ. Relig. xvii. 53 Until a thought or a disclosure is comprehended, it is as though it were untold—it is not revealed.
4. Not informed (of a fact).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > lacking information
none the wiserc1175
unformedc1540
untold1590
uninformed1597
unascertained1628
unnewseda1644
a stranger to1694
unapprised1728
tidingless1822
unenlightened1829
out of the loop1976
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C7 For the old man well knew he, though vntold, In..magick to haue wondrous might.
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