单词 | untrimmed |
释义 | untrimmedadj. 1. Not put in good order or condition; not carefully or neatly arranged or attired.In quot. a1616 the word has been variously explained, and may be formed on untrim v. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] untidya1375 unred1528 sluttish?1529 untrimmed?1529 untrick1570 untrim1570 shevelled1613 hirsute1621 incompta1628 messy1627 unneat1648 tawdry1672 slattern1680 bunting1759 untrig1821 sloggering1825 slummocking1825 scrambling1826 poucey1829 anyhow1831 mullocky1839 ragtail1846 mussy1859 slubbery1880 unshipshape1883 mussed1888 slummocky1898 ruggy1929 idle1956 ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. x. sig. Lv A mayde nat pyked, and fayre, and wanton..: but sadde, pale, and vntrymmed. 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 18v The horse beareth hym..that wyll se the grounde be nat let alone vntylled and vntrymmed. 1591 R. Wilmot Tancred & Gismund v. ii. sig. H So let thy tresses..Vntrimmed hang about thy bared necke. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 135 The deuill tempts thee heere In likenesse of a new vntrimmed Bride. View more context for this quotation 1648 J. Quarles Fons Lachrymarum 71 Man's like a house..; If we survay The inward rooms, there we may find enough Of untrim'd natures sluttish houshold-stuff. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 47 Yon untrimmed lamp, whose yellow gleam Is mingling with the cold moon-beam. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo 23 (note) Without the sex, our sonnets Would seem unfinish'd, like their untrimm'd bonnets. 2. Not made trim by cutting, pruning, or otherwise reducing to shape. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped > unpruned uncorvenc1380 unlopped1570 unbranched1572 unpruned1597 unlaid1613 untrimmed1625 untonsed1819 unpollarded1830 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. xi. 367 The pleasing young Groues..with their deepe silence, and vntrimmed simplicity. 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice v. sig. Kv A crooked leg, a scambling foot,..or such an vntrimm'd beard As yours. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2307/4 The said Nag is..rough Coated and untrim'd. 1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. Introd. 129 Prune the vine, But..leave untrimmed the eglantine. 1848 J. Y. Akerman Introd. Study Anc. & Mod. Coins iv. 56 A grim bearded untrimmed head. 1892 A. Oldfield Pract. Man. Typogr. v. 49 A demy 8vo. page measures, untrimmed, about 83/ 4″ × 51/ 2″. 3. Not properly balanced. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [adjective] > unbalanced tickle1515 instable1599 untrimmeda1732 unbalanced1733 uncounterbalanced1780 bottom-heavy1819 unstable1839 out of balance1920 off-kilter1985 a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. v. 44 The boat untrimm'd admits the tide. Derivatives unˈtrimmedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [noun] undaftiness1555 slutterya1586 messiness1836 unneatness1836 untidiness1845 slip-sloppery1848 unkemptness1856 mussiness1869 untrimmedness1883 streelishness1936 1883 H. James Portraits of Places viii. 167 [The old castle's] quiet rustiness and untrimmedness only help it to be familiar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?1529 |
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