单词 | unconfined |
释义 | unconfinedadj.1 1. a. Not restrained or restricted in respect of freedom of action. Also const. to. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] freeeOE unneedc1175 easyc1200 untiedc1374 unhemmeda1400 largec1400 unrefraineda1500 rampanta1540 unmuzzleda1541 unyoked1573 yokeless1584 licensed1593 unbound1593 wild1599 broad1604 fetterless1604 unconfined1607 ungyved1607 ungaged?1617 unboundeda1625 unfettereda1631 vagabond1635 unmanacled1686 unrestricted1750 haggard-wild1786 unconstrained1796 unshackled1796 chainless1816 rioty1819 untethered1826 unwithholdena1834 bondless1845 fancy-loose1850 constraintless1865 unpressured1879 undammed1896 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iii. i. sig. D3v Were we not made our selues, free, vnconfin'd Commaunders of our owne affections. 1630 P. Massinger Renegado i. ii. sig. C1v It is his pleasure..Prouided For so far I am vnconfind, that I Affect and like your person. 1694 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 49 Never to be too forward nor passionate, is the sign of a free and unconfined heart. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 37 Blest with a Taste exact, yet unconfin'd. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 2. ⁋1 His being unconfined to Modes and Forms. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 713 Pure is the nymph, though lib'ral of her smiles, And chaste, though unconfin'd, whom I extol. 1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. Introd. 179 Oft our talk its topic changed, And..Ranged unconfined from grave to gay. 1820 J. P. Neale Views Seats Eng., etc. III. Porkington 2 To the east the eye roams unconfined over the rich and highly ornamented plains of Shropshire. b. Unlimited, unbounded. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] unbegunc1000 uncircumscriptc1374 endless138. finitea1400 measurelessc1400 infinite1413 ginningless?1440 immensec1450 unlimitedc1475 infinal?1504 interminate1533 termlessa1542 brinkless1567 without limit1572 uncompassed1577 limitlessa1586 beginningless1587 untermedc1595 boundless1599 illimitate1602 illimited1602 unbeginning1605 incomprehense1606 inconjectable1609 uncircumscribed1610 borderless1611 confinelessa1616 finelessa1616 unconfined1629 uninchoative1649 indefinite1664 incircumscript1677 imprincipiate1683 ensophic1693 interminateda1734 unhorizoned1811 unencompasseda1822 unterminated1853 1629 P. Massinger Roman Actor i. ii. sig. B3v As his rules is infinite, his pleasures Are vnconfin'd. 1662 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. (1685) 26 We begin to grow more unconfined in our knowledge, as well as our being. a1672 P. Sterry Disc. Freedom of Will (1675) 109 As an heavenly Marriage eternally established in its own unconfined Unity. a1721 M. Prior Ess. Opinion in Wks. (1907) II. 202 However our Vanities or desires are unconfined. 1770 R. Glover Leonidas (ed. 5) II. xii. 192 Now devastation, unconfin'd, involves The Malian fields. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 279 The former was subject to some restraint..; the latter consisting in general and unconfined dominion. 2. Not kept in confinement; not shut up or enclosed; not secured or kept in place. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [adjective] > free from confinement freeOE deliverc1300 loose1303 unironedc1450 unbandoned1487 slack1565 unshut1610 unpinioned1621 unthronged1648 untrapped1648 unconfined1649 footloose1702 unensnareda1711 uncaged1731 unlockeda1740 unfettered1748 uncramped1797 unshackled1816 unleashed1825 foot-free1837 unhandcuffed1861 1649 R. Lovelace To Althea i When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my Gates. a1711 T. Ken Psyche in Wks. (1721) IV. 299 The Soul in Vision seem'd from Flesh unloos'd To fly abroad, and spatiate unconfin'd. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 5 Thy Hairs, uncut and unconfin'd, With loose Disorder wanton in the Wind. 1762 R. Guy Pract. Observ. Cancers 30 The Matter having a free and unconfined Discharge. 1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. Introd. 118 Then wild as cloud, or stream, or gale, Flow on, flow unconfined, my tale. 1832 H. Martineau Ella of Garveloch i. 9 Her hair [was] unconfined by any cap. 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 163 Unconfined wood powder..may be ignited without obtaining a third of the available explosive force. Derivatives unconˈfinedly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adverb] without metc1175 unendlyc1230 endless138. infinitely1413 interminably1447 incomprehensibly1531 in infinitum1564 ad infinitum1596 unboundably1607 unlimitedly1609 illimitedlya1631 unconfinedly1655 boundlessly1674 unbeginningly1674 illimitably1755 infinitesimally1801 limitlessly1834 measurelessly1839 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. viii. 798 Sorrow, to which they so justly and unconfin'dly abandon'd themselves. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 66 Prove any church oppos'd to this our head, So one, so pure, so unconfin'dly spread. unconˈfinedness n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > freedom from confinement looseness1587 unconfinedness1673 1673 A. Walker Leez Lachrymans 3 The healthful Vigour, the agile Unconfinedness,..of his Youth. 1899 Macmillan's Mag. LXXIX. 455/2 The sense of the desert was upon me, the embracing, soothing spirit of unconfinedness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unconfinedadj.2 Released from confinement. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective] > liberated > released from confinement frank1475 unpenta1592 disimprisoned1611 unjail1613 uncaged1648 unpadlocked1681 unmanacled1805 unloosed1839 disprisoned1842 unconfined1842 unsnaffled1846 bond-stript1855 loosed1887 untaken1893 1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 141 And men,..From cells of madness unconfined, Oft lose whole years of darker mind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11607adj.21842 |
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