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unˈbuttoned, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not furnished with a button or buttons.
1583Rates of Custome Ho. F iv, Caps vnbuttoned English the dosen xvi s. viij d. 1902Daily Chron. 8 Dec. 3/6 Woe to the man who has to encounter an enemy like M. Merignac with a duelling sword or an unbuttoned foil.
2. Not fastened with buttons; having the buttons unfastened. Also fig.
In some instances possibly f. unbutton v.
1592Greene Courtier D iv b, A thredbare blacke coate vnbuttond before vpon the brest. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. ii. 398 Your hose should be vngarter'd, your bonnet vnbanded, your sleeue vnbutton'd. 1645Milton Colast. Wks. 1851 IV. 368 This is not for an unbutton'd fellow to discuss in the Garret, at his tressle. 1711Addison Spect. No. 129 ⁋9 His new silk Waistcoat, which was unbutton'd in several Places to let us see that he had a clean Shirt on. 1790J. C. Smyth in Med. Commun. II. 477, I..found him..sitting in a great chair with the collar of his shirt unbuttoned. 1832Lytton Eugene A. i. ii, The one short, dry, fragile, and betraying a love of ease in his unbuttoned vest. 1854A. Fonblanque in Life & Labours vi. (1874) 513 If he had seen the same officer with an unbuttoned jacket, or any other disorder in his dress.
fig.1885G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. i. 8 He was careless of social opinion, unbuttoned, and a laughter [sic]. 1898Westm. Gaz. 27 Oct. 4/1 An example of the master in an unwontedly unbuttoned mood. 1918‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 6 Feb. (1928) I. 124 On my life, I'd almost rather, like that English lady, not know whether my husband went to the lavatory or not, than be so unbuttoned. a1967J. R. Ackerley My Father & Myself (1968) 23 An unbuttoned stage of mellowness and ease. 1983Maledicta 1982 VI. 90 They are not by any means considered polite or even acceptable, except in a mood of broad and unbuttoned humor among close friends. |