单词 | of uncertain age |
释义 | > as lemmasof uncertain age c. Not clearly identified, located, or determined. of uncertain age. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > not investigated or explained undiscovereda1542 uncleared1592 uncertain1617 indeterminate1626 uncircumstantial1646 unfathomed1659 unexcussed1660 unanalysed1754 uncircumstanced1766 unaccreditated1806 unelucidateda1832 undescribed1852 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 192 Which King Phillip Augustus began to build in..1257, the foundations being before laid by an uncertaine founder. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 518 The vncertaine buriall of Vortimer..was in some part of this Citie. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) i. vi. 41 According to that saying of an vncertaine Author. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxii. 12 The years Which certain people call a ‘certain age’, Which yet the most uncertain age appears. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xiii. 330 A large and massive Keep, which formed the citadel of the Castle, was of uncertain though great antiquity. 1877 F. H. Burnett Theo v. 137 The blandishments of a single gentleman of uncertain age. 1900 A. S. Murray Catal. Sculpt. Parthenon Brit. Mus. 77 No. 30 is a maiden holding an uncertain object, perhaps a footstool, on her left arm. 1930 A. Christie Murder at Vicarage iv. 33 There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands. 1952 J. Cannan Body in Beck vii. 152 The fair sex is very credulous, especially in the case of maiden ladies of uncertain age. < as lemmas |
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