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undiˈstinguished, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and 5 b.]
1. Not separated or kept distinct.
1598Florio, Indistinto, vndistinct, vndistinguished, confused. 1647Cowley Mistress, Bathing v, Her Beauties..will mixt and undistinguisht ly, With all the meanest things that dy. 1760Sterne Serm. Yorick vii. (1784) 197 The undistinguished offers of his services. 1792Wordsw. Descrip. Sketches 161 Where afar rich orange lustres glow Round undistinguished clouds, and rocks. 1879J. Todhunter Alcestis 10 If Zeus arms to smite thee,..let us stand one undistinguished mark For his stern thunder!
b. In which no distinction is made or can be observed.
1608Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 278 (Q 2), O vndistinguish't space of womans wit. 1666Boyle Orig. Forms & Qual. 30 Nor must we look upon the Universe that surrounds us as upon a moveless and undistinguish'd Heap of Matter. 1727Thomson Summer 347 A dazling deluge reigns; and all From pole to pole is undistinguish'd blaze. 1814Byron Address Caledonian Meeting 17 The lowly brave,..Who sleep beneath the undistinguish'd sod. 1851Trench Poems 155 Like undistinguished Night, darkening the skirts of Eve.
c. Not distinguished from or by something.
1612Chapman Rev. Bussy d'Ambois iv. i. 86, I grieve that virtue lives so undistinguish'd From vice in any ill. 1693Dryden Juvenal iii. 291 Their Habits (undistinguish'd by Degree) Are plain, alike. 1784Cowper Task i. 592 Blest he, though undistinguish'd from the crowd By wealth or dignity, who dwells secure. 1823Scott Quentin D. xxxvii, The noise..was of a character so undistinguished by any peculiar or precise sound, that [etc.]. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 491 The majority are only known to us as names, sometimes undistinguished by a single incident.
2. Not made distinct to perception:
a. Indistinct, confused. Now rare.
1595Daniel Civ. Wars ii. lxviii, Where diuers-speaking zeale, one murmure findes In vndistinguisht voice to tell their mindes. 1611Florio, Inarticolata voce, an vndistinguished voice. 1678Dryden All for Love v. i, Some undistinguish'd Words she inly murmur'd. 1781J. Ripley Sel. Orig. Lett. 62 Standing upon the bank of a river, muttering undistinguished prayers. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles ii. xxx, Flush'd is his brow,..And undistinguish'd accents broke The awful silence ere he spoke.
b. Not clearly perceived or discerned.
1814Jane Austen Mansf. Park xxxviii, Finding her⁓self undistinguished in the dusk. 1821Scott Kenilw. xxxvii, Mixing with the crowd, [he] stood in some degree an undistinguished spectator..of the masque.
3. Not marked by any distinction; not noted or elevated above others.
1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 6 Being vndistinguished, and allyed for money with some Noblemen of the countrey. a1643W. Cartwright Poems, No Drawing of Valentines Wks. (1651) 242 Cast not in Chloe's Name among the Common undistinguish'd Throng. 1693Congreve in Dryden's Juvenal xi. (1697) 283 Who..tho' a Knight, 'mongst common Slaves now stands Begging an Alms, with undistinguisht hands. 1757W. Wilkie Epigon. ii. 31 Hissing amidst the Spartan ranks it came, And struck a youth of undistinguish'd name. 1800Asiatic Ann. Reg. 26/2 He remained undistinguished for any thing, except the infamous action, in which [etc.]. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 140 Would not their sons grow up to be distinguished or undistinguished according to their own natural capacities? |