uncrownedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkraʊnd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkraʊnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈkraʊnd/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > tonsure > [adjective] > tonsured > not
uncrowned1393
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 62 Hit by-comeþ for clerkus crist for to seruen, And knaues vncrouned to cart and to worche.
2.
a. Not invested with a crown.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective] > not honoured > in specific way
unpresented1523
undescanted1573
undrunk1618
untriumphed1627
uncrowned1634
unsung1667
unlaurelled1733
untrophied1756
unchanted1820
ungartered1845
unstarreda1849
unhymned1851
unstoried1880
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 99 Never did such grace goe away uncrowned.
1810 G. Crabbe Borough xi. 151 Unlike the nobler Beast, the Bear is bound, And with the Crown so near him, scowls uncrown'd.
1889 R. Bridges Sonn. lxvii And Autumn with a sad smile fled uncrown'd From fruitless orchards and unripen'd grain.
b. uncrowned king (queen), a man (woman) exerting autocratic influence over a specified sphere; a dominant man (woman). Const. of.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who has influence
substantial1548
men of light and leading1790
big fish1827
big1833
sommité1856
leader1858
baron1876
heavyweight1889
Big Daddy1898
uncrowned king (queen)1917
big boy1921
top gun1941
society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person
genius1749
influence1775
godfather1830
influential1831
influentiality1841
sommité1856
leader1858
Big Daddy1898
macher1911
uncrowned king (queen)1917
1917 J. W. Gerard My Four Years in Germany ii. 22 Heydebrand, is known as the ‘Uncrowned King of Prussia’.
a1940 in Harper's Bazaar (1969) Oct. 36/3 Lady Dashwood, uncrowned Queen of Diabolo.
1978 ‘S. Woods’ Exit Murderer 154 The uncrowned King of the diamond smugglers.
1981 I. Boland tr. E. S. Ginzburg Within Whirlwind ii. iv. 226 Old General Nikishov..had this handsome lady living with him…the uncrowned Queen of Kolyma.
3. Not consummated or perfected.
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the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > [adjective]
incompletec1380
rudea1387
imperfecta1398
occasionala1398
unperfecta1398
unperfecteda1513
uncompleted1513
imperfected1552
unfinished1553
unconsummate1609
half-baked1627
illaborate1631
inconsummatea1641
uncrowned1743
stickit1784
unconsummated1813
incompleted1836
behindhand1853
1743 R. Blair Grave 37 The glad Soul Has not a Wish uncrown'd.
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