undefiledadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌndᵻˈfʌɪld/, U.S.

/ˌəndəˈfaɪld/,

/ˌəndiˈfaɪld/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2.

a. Not rendered morally foul or impure; unpolluted, untainted.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective]

cleanlyc888

unwemmedc950

clean971

lightOE

whiteOE

unfiledc1200

shire?c1225

sheenc1275

wemlessc1275

undefouled13..

undefoileda1325

purec1330

unbleckedc1380

unfouledc1380

clear1382

impollutec1384

unblemishedc1400

undefiledc1400

unspottedc1400

virginc1400

spotless?a1430

immaculate1441

uncorruptc1450

unpollushed1490

intemeratea1492

incorrupted1529

unmaculate1535

impolluted1548

crystallinec1550

incorrupt1550

uncorrupted1565

undistained1565

unstained1573

entire1587

taintless1590

untainted1590

stainless1599

unsmirched1604

intemerated1608

indepravate1609

chastea1616

uncurseda1628

undishonested1631

untaint1638

Adamical1649

sincere1649

undebaucheda1656

unaccurseda1674

amiantal1674

unsoiled1699

unpolluted1732

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 725 He com þyder ryȝt as a chylde, Harmlez, trwe & vnde-fylde.

c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine v. 576 He offred hym-selue on-to the fadyr of blis An oste ful clene, ondefiled with synne.

?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. ii. 263 Lorde, kepe my herte and my body vndefyled.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 13 The law of the Lord (sayth he) is vndefiled, conuerting soules.

1628 W. Mure tr. R. Boyd Spirituall Hymne 16 That I may spreade thy praise, thy might, With heart pure, vndefyl'de.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §7 He had a pure and undefiled soul.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 260 Immortal Hale!..fam'd For sanctity of manners undefil'd.

a1839 W. M. Praed Legend of Drachenfels in Poems (1864) I. 150 Thou, in whose all-searching sight No human thing is undefiled.

1867 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 1st. Ser. II. 224 To..keep themselves if possible undefiled by so much as one corrupt thought.

absolute.1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxix. 1 Blessed are the vndefiled in the way. a1875 Monsell Hymn, ‘God of that glorious gift’ v Make him and keep him Thine own child, Meek follower of the Undefiled!

b. Sexually pure or unpolluted; chaste.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [adjective] > virginal

unknowna1382

maidena1400

untouchedc1400

undefiledc1450

virginal1483

indeflore?a1513

maidenly1530

undeflowereda1533

virginly1548

untwight1558

virgin1560

unravished1563

undeflore1568

unexperta1586

virgin-like1586

vestal1595

virgineous1607

virginian1613

unseduceda1616

indevirginate?1624

zoned1726

virgie1930

unlaid1962

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 141 A mayd undefyled I hope he xal me preve.

c1470 Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 4 Thove vergyne knight of whom we synge, Vn-Deffiled sithe thy begynnyng.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xviii. sig. dviii But whan he knewe that they were of noble lignage, he sent them vndefiled to their parentes and kynnes folke.

1539 Bible (Great) Heb. xiii. 4 Wedlocke is to be had in honoure among all men, and the bed vndefyled.

1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. xiv. 24 They kept neither liues nor mariages any longer vndefiled .

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 761 Perpetual Fountain of Domestic sweets, Whose Bed is undefil'd and chast pronounc't.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 210. ⁋6 I have lived a pure and undefiled Virgin these Twenty seven Years.

1793 W. Cowper Tale 6 Husband..and wife may boast Their union undefil'd.

1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxvii. 44 She is safe..In heaven;..Far from thee, and undefiled.

†2. Undefaced, unimpaired. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from harm or damage

unwoundedOE

scathelessc1175

skerea1225

unhurta1225

harmlessc1290

soundc1290

unshent1303

wella1325

quartc1330

untouchedc1400

inviolatea1420

unscathed1425

dangerlessc1440

unshendc1440

undefiledc1460

unhurted1483

hailscarta1522

undefaced1537

unpairedc1540

uncloyeda1560

undamnified1576

undemnified1576

uninjured1578

unfoiled1579

salamander-like1593

unvulnered1613

undamaged1648

invulneratea1680

sincere1700

c1460 Oseney Reg. 14 And what-so-euer thyng..may be i-purchased, to þem or to þere successours..vnbroke and undefylyd [L. illibata] abyde.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 185 That mownte..in whom letters wryten [in dust] were founde vndefilede [L. illibatæ] at the end of the yere.

3. Not rendered foul or dirty. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective]

cleanc897

fair?c1225

netc1330

cleanly1340

unspotted1382

blotless?a1400

unwemmeda1400

spotlessc1400

neat1494

unblotted1548

unstained1555

stainlessa1586

exempt1586

unsoiledc1592

undefiled1596

unsullied1598

dirtlessa1618

immaculatea1631

innocent1645

unsmeared1648

unsmutched1809

speckless1827

spandy-clean1838

unblackened1864

soilless1868

smudgeless1924

clinical1932

squeaky clean1975

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. B7^v Dan Chaucer, well of English vndefyled .

1660 J. Harding tr. B. Valentine Triumphant Chariot Antimony 3 The Chaff being separated from the uncommix'd and undefiled Corn.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Verses written in Chiosk at Pera 34 The streams still murmur, undefil'd with rain.

1822 W. Wordsworth Memorials of Tour on Continent 62 A sea-green River, proud to lave, With current swift and undefiled.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 44 Perhaps it is a punishment on me, who thought the loyalty of my house was like undefiled ermine.

4. Not violated or desecrated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from violation or corruption

inviolate1412

incontaminate1508

unperverted?1542

inviolated1548

incorrupt1550

unviolated1555

untwight1558

unappaired1561

unprofaned1582

unimpaired1583

incorrupted1590

untainted1590

uncontaminated1611

undefileda1617

square1628

incontaminated1654

unsplit1656

uncontaminate1675

untampered1682

undreggy1720

unworn1759

unbastardized1769

unempoisoned1791

undesecrated1865

a1617 J. Mush Life M. Clitherow (1849) 64 Insomuch as now not one religious house standeth, not one altar unrased..and undefiled.

1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray ii Mercyful, great Defender! Preserve thy holy Altars undefil'd.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cliv. 80 In this eternal ark of worship undefiled.

1865 C. M. Yonge Clever Woman I. ix. 225 He did think he had one lawn in the world undefiled by those horrible [croquet] hoops!

Derivatives

undeˈfiledly adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > [adverb]

cleanlyc1200

shirelyc1230

purely?a1425

undefiledly1548

sincerely1578

unspottedly1598

purea1616

immaculately1620

intemeratelya1631

spotlesslya1671

stainlessly1882

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. v. 24 But I wyll haue Matrimonye obserued more holyly and vndefyledly amonge them that professe the new lawe.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxiv. 200 Wee cannot serue him vndefyledly, except wee bee separated from the defylings that are contrarie to him.

1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry 215 Here only could he be led to yearn undefiledly..after truths.

undeˈfiledness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun]

cleannessc890

unwemmednessc1175

purity?c1225

shireness?c1225

cleanshipc1230

uncorruptionc1384

purenessa1398

undefoulingnessc1400

whitenessc1400

cleanliness1430

immaculation1509

clearness1526

undefiledness1571

uncorruptness1583

unspottedness1598

intemerateness1607

uncorruptedness1611

candour1612

spotlessness1619

immaculateness1641

candidness1654

unblemishedness1656

intemeration1660

unstainedness1685

pearliness1760

taintlessness1811

stainlessness1862

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (li. 8) God requireth undefylednesse in the inward partes.

?1657 A. Farindon Serm. (1672) I. xiii. 274 The colours and Beauty of it [sc. religion]; first, in its Purity..; secondly, its Vndefiledness, having no pollution.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	undefiled
释义	undefiledadj. Brit. /ˌʌndᵻˈfʌɪld/, U.S. /ˌəndəˈfaɪld/, /ˌəndiˈfaɪld/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2. 1. a. Not rendered morally foul or impure; unpolluted, untainted. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] cleanlyc888 unwemmedc950 clean971 lightOE whiteOE unfiledc1200 shire?c1225 sheenc1275 wemlessc1275 undefouled13.. undefoileda1325 purec1330 unbleckedc1380 unfouledc1380 clear1382 impollutec1384 unblemishedc1400 undefiledc1400 unspottedc1400 virginc1400 spotless?a1430 immaculate1441 uncorruptc1450 unpollushed1490 intemeratea1492 incorrupted1529 unmaculate1535 impolluted1548 crystallinec1550 incorrupt1550 uncorrupted1565 undistained1565 unstained1573 entire1587 taintless1590 untainted1590 stainless1599 unsmirched1604 intemerated1608 indepravate1609 chastea1616 uncurseda1628 undishonested1631 untaint1638 Adamical1649 sincere1649 undebaucheda1656 unaccurseda1674 amiantal1674 unsoiled1699 unpolluted1732 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 725 He com þyder ryȝt as a chylde, Harmlez, trwe & vnde-fylde. c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine v. 576 He offred hym-selue on-to the fadyr of blis An oste ful clene, ondefiled with synne. ?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. ii. 263 Lorde, kepe my herte and my body vndefyled. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 13 The law of the Lord (sayth he) is vndefiled, conuerting soules. 1628 W. Mure tr. R. Boyd Spirituall Hymne 16 That I may spreade thy praise, thy might, With heart pure, vndefyl'de. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §7 He had a pure and undefiled soul. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 260 Immortal Hale!..fam'd For sanctity of manners undefil'd. a1839 W. M. Praed Legend of Drachenfels in Poems (1864) I. 150 Thou, in whose all-searching sight No human thing is undefiled. 1867 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 1st. Ser. II. 224 To..keep themselves if possible undefiled by so much as one corrupt thought. absolute.1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxix. 1 Blessed are the vndefiled in the way. View more context for this quotationa1875 Monsell Hymn, ‘God of that glorious gift’ v Make him and keep him Thine own child, Meek follower of the Undefiled! b. Sexually pure or unpolluted; chaste. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [adjective] > virginal unknowna1382 maidena1400 untouchedc1400 undefiledc1450 virginal1483 indeflore?a1513 maidenly1530 undeflowereda1533 virginly1548 untwight1558 virgin1560 unravished1563 undeflore1568 unexperta1586 virgin-like1586 vestal1595 virgineous1607 virginian1613 unseduceda1616 indevirginate?1624 zoned1726 virgie1930 unlaid1962 c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 141 A mayd undefyled I hope he xal me preve. c1470 Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 4 Thove vergyne knight of whom we synge, Vn-Deffiled sithe thy begynnyng. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xviii. sig. dviii But whan he knewe that they were of noble lignage, he sent them vndefiled to their parentes and kynnes folke. 1539 Bible (Great) Heb. xiii. 4 Wedlocke is to be had in honoure among all men, and the bed vndefyled. 1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. xiv. 24 They kept neither liues nor mariages any longer vndefiled . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 761 Perpetual Fountain of Domestic sweets, Whose Bed is undefil'd and chast pronounc't. View more context for this quotation 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 210. ⁋6 I have lived a pure and undefiled Virgin these Twenty seven Years. 1793 W. Cowper Tale 6 Husband..and wife may boast Their union undefil'd. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxvii. 44 She is safe..In heaven;..Far from thee, and undefiled. †2. Undefaced, unimpaired. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from harm or damage unwoundedOE scathelessc1175 skerea1225 unhurta1225 harmlessc1290 soundc1290 unshent1303 wella1325 quartc1330 untouchedc1400 inviolatea1420 unscathed1425 dangerlessc1440 unshendc1440 undefiledc1460 unhurted1483 hailscarta1522 undefaced1537 unpairedc1540 uncloyeda1560 undamnified1576 undemnified1576 uninjured1578 unfoiled1579 salamander-like1593 unvulnered1613 undamaged1648 invulneratea1680 sincere1700 c1460 Oseney Reg. 14 And what-so-euer thyng..may be i-purchased, to þem or to þere successours..vnbroke and undefylyd [L. illibata] abyde. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 185 That mownte..in whom letters wryten [in dust] were founde vndefilede [L. illibatæ] at the end of the yere. 3. Not rendered foul or dirty. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] cleanc897 fair?c1225 netc1330 cleanly1340 unspotted1382 blotless?a1400 unwemmeda1400 spotlessc1400 neat1494 unblotted1548 unstained1555 stainlessa1586 exempt1586 unsoiledc1592 undefiled1596 unsullied1598 dirtlessa1618 immaculatea1631 innocent1645 unsmeared1648 unsmutched1809 speckless1827 spandy-clean1838 unblackened1864 soilless1868 smudgeless1924 clinical1932 squeaky clean1975 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. B7^v Dan Chaucer, well of English vndefyled . View more context for this quotation 1660 J. Harding tr. B. Valentine Triumphant Chariot Antimony 3 The Chaff being separated from the uncommix'd and undefiled Corn. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Verses written in Chiosk at Pera 34 The streams still murmur, undefil'd with rain. 1822 W. Wordsworth Memorials of Tour on Continent 62 A sea-green River, proud to lave, With current swift and undefiled. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 44 Perhaps it is a punishment on me, who thought the loyalty of my house was like undefiled ermine. 4. Not violated or desecrated. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from violation or corruption inviolate1412 incontaminate1508 unperverted?1542 inviolated1548 incorrupt1550 unviolated1555 untwight1558 unappaired1561 unprofaned1582 unimpaired1583 incorrupted1590 untainted1590 uncontaminated1611 undefileda1617 square1628 incontaminated1654 unsplit1656 uncontaminate1675 untampered1682 undreggy1720 unworn1759 unbastardized1769 unempoisoned1791 undesecrated1865 a1617 J. Mush Life M. Clitherow (1849) 64 Insomuch as now not one religious house standeth, not one altar unrased..and undefiled. 1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray ii Mercyful, great Defender! Preserve thy holy Altars undefil'd. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cliv. 80 In this eternal ark of worship undefiled. 1865 C. M. Yonge Clever Woman I. ix. 225 He did think he had one lawn in the world undefiled by those horrible [croquet] hoops! Derivatives undeˈfiledly adv. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [adverb] cleanlyc1200 shirelyc1230 purely?a1425 undefiledly1548 sincerely1578 unspottedly1598 purea1616 immaculately1620 intemeratelya1631 spotlesslya1671 stainlessly1882 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. v. 24 But I wyll haue Matrimonye obserued more holyly and vndefyledly amonge them that professe the new lawe. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxiv. 200 Wee cannot serue him vndefyledly, except wee bee separated from the defylings that are contrarie to him. 1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry 215 Here only could he be led to yearn undefiledly..after truths. undeˈfiledness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] cleannessc890 unwemmednessc1175 purity?c1225 shireness?c1225 cleanshipc1230 uncorruptionc1384 purenessa1398 undefoulingnessc1400 whitenessc1400 cleanliness1430 immaculation1509 clearness1526 undefiledness1571 uncorruptness1583 unspottedness1598 intemerateness1607 uncorruptedness1611 candour1612 spotlessness1619 immaculateness1641 candidness1654 unblemishedness1656 intemeration1660 unstainedness1685 pearliness1760 taintlessness1811 stainlessness1862 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (li. 8) God requireth undefylednesse in the inward partes. ?1657 A. Farindon Serm. (1672) I. xiii. 274 The colours and Beauty of it [sc. religion]; first, in its Purity..; secondly, its Vndefiledness, having no pollution. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400
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