单词 | unwhipped |
释义 | unwhippedadj. 1. Not punished (as) by whipping; not flogged or beaten. ΚΠ 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ix. 53 Tremble thou wretch that hast within thee Vndivulged crimes, vnwhipt of Iustice. View more context for this quotation 1732 Lady M. W. Montagu & Ld. Hervey Verses to Pope 69 If..Unwhipt, unblanketed, unkick'd, unslain, That wretched little carcase you retain. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 4 Once..I caught him in a Lye, And then, unwhipp'd, he had the grace to cry. 1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses xiii. 197 The unwhipped coward rubs his hands over his clever boorishness and brutality. 1889 H. M. Stanley in Daily News 4 Dec. 5/2 Numerous peoples..who were as yet unwhipped out of their native arrogance. 2. (See whip v. 17.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not fastened in other specific manner unpinneda1393 unlaced1447 unnailed?1572 unrooted1604 ungirthed1628 unlatched1651 unchained1664 unlooped1716 unbolted1793 unbelted1814 unhinged1824 unclasped1825 unpulleyed1839 strapless1846 unwelded1846 unroped1849 unhasped1856 unwhipped1867 unbuckled1874 unsoldered1876 stringless1882 unspiked1902 unclipped1922 unzippered1936 unzipped1940 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 291 Feazings, the fagging out or unravelling of an unwhipped rope. 3. Not directed by the interests of a political party; not subject to a party whip. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [adjective] > subjected to whip > not unwhipped1959 whipless1962 1959 Manch. Guardian 11 Aug. 6/4 The argument for the independent ‘unwhipped’ councillor. 1971 Hindell & Simms Abortion Law Reformed xi. 233 It might..turn out that members would cast their ballots to some extent along party lines, even though unwhipped. 1979 Guardian 6 July 26/2 The plan is for an unwhipped vote on a motion covering the principle of the return of the death penalty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1608 |
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