unembellishedadj.
/ˌʌnᵻmˈbɛlɪʃt/, /ˌʌnɛmˈbɛlɪʃt/, U.S. /ˌənᵻmˈbɛlɪʃt/, /ˌənɛmˈbɛlɪʃt/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > not
untiffed?c1225
plainc1330
ungarnishedc1400
undecked1570
dudgeon?1589
stark naked?1594
unbepranked1594
unembellished1630
unadorned1637
unbecomed1646
unfringed1646
unplumed1646
unembroidered1649
unornamented1688
undecorateda1763
naked1850
unveneered1886
no-frill1933
no-frills1948
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective]
nakedOE
simplea1382
meanc1450
rural1488
misorned1512
inornate?1518
barec1540
broad1588
bald1589
kersey1598
russet1598
unvarnisheda1616
unembellished1630
illaborate1631
severe1665
renable1674
small1678
unadorned1692
inelaborate1747
unlarded1748
chaste1753
uncoloured1845
minimalist1929
spare1965
1630 R. Fanshawe tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido (1648) 228 Let no darke corner of the land Be unimbellisht with one Gemme.
1721 L. Eusden in J. Addison Wks. I. 266 Such energy of sense might pleasure raise, Tho' unembellish'd with the charms of phrase.
a1763 W. Shenstone Ode to Sir R. Lyttelton 148 And Grenville..prais'd these unembellish'd woods.
1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude iii. 60 Earth, nowhere unembellished by some trace Of that first Paradise whence man was driven.
1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ ix. 416 A literal and unembellished account of the fact.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1630