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unˈtrimmed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not put in good order or condition; not carefully or neatly arranged or attired.
In quot. 1595 the word has been variously explained, and may be formed on untrim v.
1532G. Hervet Xenophon's Househ. 18 b, The horse beareth hym..that wyll se the grounde be nat let alone vntylled and vntrymmed. 1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1541) I ii, A mayde nat pyked, and fayre, and wanton..: but sad, pale, and vntrimmed. 1592R. W[ilmot] Tancred & Gism. v. ii, So let thy tresses..Vntrimmed hang about thy bared necke. 1595Shakes. John iii. i. 209 The deuill tempts thee heere, In likenesse of a new vntrimmed Bride. 1648J. Quarles Fons Lachrym. 71 Man's like a house..; If we survay The inward rooms, there we may find enough Of untrim'd natures sluttish houshold-stuff. 1813Scott Rokeby i. xxxii, Yon untrimm'd lamp, whose yellow gleam Is mingling with the cold moonbeam. 1817Byron Beppo xlvi. note, Without the sex, our sonnets Would seem unfinish'd, like their untrimm'd bonnets.
2. Not made trim by cutting, pruning, or otherwise reducing to shape.
1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis v. xi. 367 The pleasing young Groves..with their deepe silence and untrimmed simplicity. 1633Ford Love's Sacrifice v. i, A crooked leg, a scambling foot,..or such an untrimm'd beard As yours. 1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2307/4 The said Nag is..rough Coated and untrim'd. 1808Scott Marm. iii. Introd., Prune the vine, But..leave untrimm'd the eglantine. 1848Akerman Introd. Study Coins iv. 56 A grim bearded untrimmed head. 1892Oldfield Man. Typog. v, A demy 8vo. page measures, untrimmed, about 83/4{pp} × 5½{pp}.
fig.1849M. Arnold New Sirens 138 Germs, your untrimm'd passion overgrew. 1863[see untrimmable a.].
3. Not properly balanced.
a1732Gay Fables (1738) II. v. 44 The boat untrimm'd admits the tide.
Hence unˈtrimmedness.
1883H. James Portr. Places viii. 167 [The old castle's] quiet rustiness and untrimmedness only help it to be familiar. |