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unˈtasted, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1538Elyot, Illibatus, vntouched, vntasted. 1593Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 89 The aill being untaistit nor yit price maid thairupoun. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. v, [He] pour'd it untasted on the Ground. 1725Pope Odyss. xxii. 100 Th' untasted viands, and the jovial bowl. 1802M. Edgeworth Moral T. II. 11 With a yet untasted pinch of Snuff between her fingers. 1823Scott Quentin D. vii, The old Lord..placed the untasted wine-cup before him. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 71 The dishes were removed untasted from the table.
b. In fig. uses.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 130 All his vertues,..like faire Fruit in an vnholesome dish, Are like to rot vntasted. 1692Dryden Don Sebastian ii. i, A new Scene of yet untasted Joys. 1742R. Blair Grave 76, Bursts of sorrow gush from either eye, Fast falling down her now untasted cheek. 1818[S. Weston] La Scava, etc. 44 A garbled essay of his abilities, for the most part misunderstood and untasted. a1865Mrs. Gaskell Wives & Dau. (1866) I. 67 The squire withdrew into his study to read the untasted newspapers. |