unfeatheredadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 3. Compare Old English ungefeðered, Middle Dutch ongevedert, German ungefiedert, †-federt, older Danish ufedret, Swedish ofjädrad.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfeathered.

1. Not provided or covered with feathers:

a. Of birds, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > featherless

featherlessc1460

unfeathered1570

plumeless1604

impennous1646

shell-naked1681

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Div/2 Vnfethered, implumis.

1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2 I..haue brought forth my implumed and vnfeathered birds.

1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. Ep. Ded. They are like callow and unfeathered birds.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Whose Nest some prying Churl had found, and thence, By Stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd Innocence.

1780 W. Cowper Sparrows Self-domesticated 14 In hope of crumbs, Which kindly giv'n, may serve with food Convenient their unfeather'd brood.

1819 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) I. i. xi. 112 A roughness which is compared to the skin of an unfeathered goose.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 5 (heading) Feathered tracts and unfeathered spaces.

b. Applied generically to man.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > [adjective] > having no

calloweOE

balda1400

hairless1552

pilled-skinned1576

unhairy1576

unfeatheredc1600

c1600 Timon (1980) v. iv. 78 A Peripatetick is a two legd liuing Creature, gressible, Vnfeathered.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 6 And all to leave, what with his Toyl he won, To that unfeather'd two Leg'd thing, a Son.

1754 W. Warburton View Bolingbroke's Philos.: Lett. 1st & 2nd i. 36 Ribaldry and ill language disgrace the animal implume bipes, the two-leg'd unfeathered Philosopher.

1817 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform Introd. 213 The speeches of so many unfeathered bipeds.

1895 Atlantic Monthly LXXVI. 141/2 Such tastes..have been known among the unfeathered tribes.

2. Of arrows: Not fitted with feathers.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] > having feathers > not

featherlessc1460

unplumed1598

unfeathered1611

unfledged1752

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Materas desempenné,..an vnfeathered quarrell.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. iv. 75 But..kneeling down, [he] shot an arrow, unfeathered (as they all are) near the sixth part of a mile.

1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens II. 122 Lycians with mantles of goat skin and unfeathered arrows of reed.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) iv. 103 The unfeathered arrows represent winds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	unfeathered
释义	unfeatheredadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 3. Compare Old English ungefeðered, Middle Dutch ongevedert, German ungefiedert, †-federt, older Danish ufedret, Swedish ofjädrad.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfeathered. 1. Not provided or covered with feathers: a. Of birds, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > featherless featherlessc1460 unfeathered1570 plumeless1604 impennous1646 shell-naked1681 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Div/2 Vnfethered, implumis. 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2 I..haue brought forth my implumed and vnfeathered birds. 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. Ep. Ded. They are like callow and unfeathered birds. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Whose Nest some prying Churl had found, and thence, By Stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd Innocence. View more context for this quotation 1780 W. Cowper Sparrows Self-domesticated 14 In hope of crumbs, Which kindly giv'n, may serve with food Convenient their unfeather'd brood. 1819 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) I. i. xi. 112 A roughness which is compared to the skin of an unfeathered goose. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 5 (heading) Feathered tracts and unfeathered spaces. b. Applied generically to man. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > [adjective] > having no calloweOE balda1400 hairless1552 pilled-skinned1576 unhairy1576 unfeatheredc1600 c1600 Timon (1980) v. iv. 78 A Peripatetick is a two legd liuing Creature, gressible, Vnfeathered. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 6 And all to leave, what with his Toyl he won, To that unfeather'd two Leg'd thing, a Son. 1754 W. Warburton View Bolingbroke's Philos.: Lett. 1st & 2nd i. 36 Ribaldry and ill language disgrace the animal implume bipes, the two-leg'd unfeathered Philosopher. 1817 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform Introd. 213 The speeches of so many unfeathered bipeds. 1895 Atlantic Monthly LXXVI. 141/2 Such tastes..have been known among the unfeathered tribes. 2. Of arrows: Not fitted with feathers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] > having feathers > not featherlessc1460 unplumed1598 unfeathered1611 unfledged1752 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Materas desempenné,..an vnfeathered quarrell. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. iv. 75 But..kneeling down, [he] shot an arrow, unfeathered (as they all are) near the sixth part of a mile. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens II. 122 Lycians with mantles of goat skin and unfeathered arrows of reed. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) iv. 103 The unfeathered arrows represent winds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1570
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