单词 | unbonnet |
释义 | unbonnetv. 1. a. intransitive. To remove the bonnet. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] > remove specific garments > headgear disvisor1548 capa1555 unmask1562 vail1597 off-capa1616 unbonnet1810 uncap1875 uncasque1880 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 215 With that he..Unbonnetted, and by the wave Sate down his brow and hands to lave. 1850 E. C. Gaskell Let. in Life C. Brontë (1857) II. vii. 171 I went up to unbonnet, &c.; came down to tea. b. esp. To do this as a mark of respect; to uncover. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bare head to take off one's hat1571 move1573 unhat1611 bonneta1616 off-capa1616 uncover1627 doff1674 to touch one's hat1738 unbonnet1821 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (reflexive)] > uncover the head unbonnet1821 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 191 They hastened to bespeak favour by hastily unbonneting. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. ix. 256 Do nothing but rise, unbonnet yourself, and be silent. 1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor I. ii. 14 His pride disdained to unbonnet in the presence of a King of Scots. 2. transitive. To remove the bonnet from. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > divest of specific garments > headgear > other unwig1819 unbonnet1828 unshovel1836 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (ed. 2) III. 62 She sat down on her dear sofa, and was forthwith unclogged..and unbonneted. 1868 F. E. Paget Lucretia 183 When people attempt to exert a power which they do not possess,—be they judges unbonneting quakers, or bishops exasperated at ‘ribbons’. 1896 Daily News 4 Apr. 2/3 Even a foreigner may only disregard the pious custom..at the imminent risk of being rudely ‘unbonneted’ by any devout Russian whom he may happen to encounter. Derivatives unˈbonneting n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun] > removing specific garments > headgear capping1592 vailinga1593 off-cap1606 unbonnetingc1844 c1844 E. B. Barrett Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) II. xliii. 24 I excuse the unbonneting. You are Orion, and I can estimate you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1810 |
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