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单词 unkembed
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unkembedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkɛmd/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɛmd/
Forms:

α. Middle English onkemd, Middle English vnkemmyd, Middle English vnkemyd, Middle English–1600s vnkemd, 1500s–1600s vnkemmed, 1600s unkem'd, 1800s–1900s unkemmed (regional); also Scottish pre-1700 vnkemmit.

β. Middle English vnkembyd, 1500s vnkeembd, 1500s vnkembde, 1500s–1600s vnkembd, 1500s–1600s vnkembed, 1600s unkemb'd, 1700s–1800s 2000s– unkembed.

γ. 1600s unkeamed, 1600s vnkeamed, 1600s unkemed.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, kemb v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + kemb v. + -ed suffix1. Compare unkempt adj. Compare also uncombed adj.Compare Middle High German ungekembet (German ungekämmt), Old Icelandic úkembdr.
Now archaic and rare.
Of hair, wool, etc.: uncombed; unkempt, untidy. Formerly also: (of a person) †not well groomed, dishevelled (obsolete). Also figurative. Cf. unkempt adj. 1.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > combed > not
unkembeda1393
uncombed1561
unkempt1567
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 5023 Hire her hangende unkemd aboute.
a1450 Ministry & Passion of Christ (St. John's Cambr.) (1984) l. 476 Fastiþ not as don ypocritis, þat wyle reulyche be signe, Onkemd & onwasschyn, to make hem lene for men schuld se here fastynge.
1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 202 Vn Kembyd, jmcomptus, impexus.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 80v He brought theim foorth vnkembed & vnpiked, without cotes.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) ii. f. 9 Hir haire vnkembd [1565 vnkempt] about hir necke downe flaring.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. i. sig. A.vii/1 In these plaine and simple, not darke and vnkemmed books: is coomprehended the ful doctrine of godlynes.
1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 369 Pyning Enuie..With..withered face, and with vnkeamed haire.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires iii. 37 His once unkem'd, and horrid Locks.
1742 J. Gee Impartial Enq. Woollen Manuf. Great-Brit. 23 The Exportation of Unkembed Wool out of the Port.
1829 W. Heseltine Last of Plantagenets I. vii. 112 A woman..with black hair hanging in unkembed elf-locks.
1860 J. P. Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale II. 28 Ungroomed, and unkemmed strings of ‘gals’.
1902 F. P. Dunne Let. 7 Oct. in E. Ellis Mr. Dooley's Amer. (1941) x. 169 My chin unshaved my hair unkemmed.
2007 J. P. Wearing Shakespeare Diaries 34 He has an unkembed red beard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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