单词 | unliquored |
释义 | unliquoredadj. Not liquored (in various senses of liquor v.); esp. not supplied with or affected by alcoholic drink. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > not made wet unmoisted1492 unmoistened1583 unliquored1642 unwetted1664 sicced?1677 unbathed1697 undamped1898 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > moderation in drinking > [adjective] > sober or not drunk undrunkenc897 sobera1387 fresha1450 unfoxed1622 unliquored1642 (as) sober as a judge1682 unruffled1709 unconcerned1748 unebriate1853 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 10 I doubt me whether the very sobernesse of such a one, like an unlicour'd Silenus, were not stark drunk. a1658 J. Cleveland On Inundation of River Trent in Wks. (1687) 292 We whose unliquor'd Hides will turn no wet. 1722 E. Ward Wand'ring Spy: Pt. II 46 Throats As dry as old unliquor'd Boots. 1845 Farmers' Cabinet 15 Mar. 241/1 [The crops] were cut, dried, and weighed separately..; that which was unliquored, gave 450 lbs.; liquored, 448 lbs. 1874 Monticello (Iowa) Express 12 June The temperance man has..a right to pursue his happiness with an unliquored throat. 1906 Evening Gaz. (Burlington, Iowa) 17 May They were forced to remain unliquored until the boat arrived in Alton. 1993 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 19 Feb. c2 You will find a light, rich, delicious, but disappointingly unliquored, tiramisu. 2004 J. Greve Sonic Butler xxx. 177 Ebullient when into the sauce, he was comically inarticulate at his own unliquored sessions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642 |
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