单词 | unendowed |
释义 | unendowedadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > not endowed or favoured ungraced1595 unendowed1702 unendued1702 unblessed1743 society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [adjective] > endowing > endowed > not undowedc1380 unendowed1702 fortuneless1836 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 50 A man rather..unindow'd with any notable virtues, than..transported with any vitious inclinations. 1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 211 Reflect what Truth was in my Passion shown, When Un-endow'd, I took thee for my own. 1790 T. Pennant Of London 116 A chapel was erected, well-pewed, well-warmed, dedicated, unendowed, unconsecrated. 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. ix. 221 That every beauty..Must be by him, if unendow'd, resign'd. 1868 ‘G. Eliot’ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 10 The claims of the unendowed multitude of working men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1702 |
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