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单词 unvulgar
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unvulgaradj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈvulgar.
1. Uncommon, unusual; above the common, refined, rare. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > rare
rare1447
rathe1548
unvulgar1605
uncommon1611
rarachose1676
recherché1689
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 272 O furnish me with an vn-vulgar stile.
1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 192 In his behauiour hee would seeme French, Italian, Spanish, or any thing, so he may seeme vnvulgar.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. v. 199 There were no living..with us, unlesse something new and unvulgar be in our houses.
1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous Pref. sig. A4v When they have taken a Circuit thorow so many refined and unvulgar Notions.
1736 L. Welsted Scheme & Conduct Providence Ded. p. iv Philosophers..too unvulgar to relish any divinity, that is not Pagan.
2. Free from vulgarity.
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the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective] > not vulgar
invulgar1604
unvulgar1819
unvulgarized1858
1819 L. Hunt Indicator No. 3 (1822) I. 19 The whole story is..unvulgar and..sweetly serious.
1839 J. H. Frere tr. Aristophanes Knights p. iv That admirable and most unvulgar exhibition of vulgar life, the Pickwick Papers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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