† unartedadj.
Obsolete.
1. Ignorant of the arts; unskilled.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective]
craftlessOE
unslyc1275
unexperta1425
incrafty?1520
imperite?1550
unskilful1565
skilless1573
artless1586
inexpert1598
unarted1603
boisterous1609
unhandsomea1616
unwieldy1666
unartful1683
undexterous1688
unaccomplished1709
not so (also not too) hot1845
rotten1867
one-fingered1868
button pushing1896
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. li. 166 They are..rude, simple, and vnarted in the combate of talking.
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. To Rdr. 333 Shunne Eares vnarted, rude, precise.
1699 C. Cibber Xerxes (1736) ii. 27 I am unarted, Sir, in any Grace of Speech To stir the Soul! My Words are plain and honest.
2. Unartificial; plain.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > not contrived or artificial
unartificial1603
artless1622
unarted1628
inartificial1656
unartful1670
unaffected1712
unstrained1748
unmannered1804
unschooled1815
wilding1884
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xcix. sig. Cc2 Wise Innocence, friends, like, and good, Vnarted-meat, kind neighbourhood.
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adj.1603- ploughmaker
- ploughman
- ploughman's fee
- ploughman's lunch
- ploughman's spikenard
- ploughman-chiel
- ploughman-lad
- ploughman-poet
- ploughmanchiel
- ploughmanlad
- ploughmanpoet
- ploughmanship
- ploughmeat
- ploughmell
- ploughmen
- ploughpillow
- ploughpin
- ploughpote
- ploughreest
- ploughrip
- ploughs
- ploughservice
- pokehorse
- pokelogan
- pokeloken