unfetteredadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɛtəd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈfɛdərd/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2: compare Swedish ofjettrad.

a. Not confined or restrained by fetters. Chiefly in figurative use: Unrestrained, unrestricted (as unfettered press, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective]

freeeOE

unneedc1175

easyc1200

untiedc1374

unhemmeda1400

largec1400

unrefraineda1500

rampanta1540

unmuzzleda1541

unyoked1573

yokeless1584

licensed1593

unbound1593

wild1599

broad1604

fetterless1604

unconfined1607

ungyved1607

ungaged?1617

unboundeda1625

unfettereda1631

vagabond1635

unmanacled1686

unrestricted1750

haggard-wild1786

unconstrained1796

unshackled1796

chainless1816

rioty1819

untethered1826

unwithholdena1834

bondless1845

fancy-loose1850

constraintless1865

unpressured1879

undammed1896

balls-to-the-wall1967

balls-out1968

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [adjective] > free from confinement

freeOE

deliverc1300

loose1303

unironedc1450

unbandoned1487

slack1565

unshut1610

unpinioned1621

unthronged1648

untrapped1648

unconfined1649

footloose1702

unensnareda1711

uncaged1731

unlockeda1740

unfettered1748

uncramped1797

unshackled1816

unleashed1825

foot-free1837

unhandcuffed1861

a1631 J. Donne Progresse of Soule xviii, in Poems (1633) 10 To an unfetterd soules quick nimble hast Are falling stars, and hearts thoughts, but slow pac'd.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. e2^v Now if a Muse cannot run when she is unfetter'd, 'tis a sign she has but little speed.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 219 One of my fellow-captives who was unfettered.

1787 R. Burns Let. 15 Feb. (2001) I. 96 The wild, unfetter'd wild flight of native Poesy.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. i. 368 A people accustomed from infancy to the unfettered exercise of their faculties.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar x. 117 He was left unfettered to act at his own discretion.

b. Const. by.

ΚΠ

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 14/1 He took a new estate, unfettered by conditions, and subject only to the quit rents.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxvii. 44 I envy not the beast that takes His license..Unfetter'd by the sense of crime.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unfettered
释义	unfetteredadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfɛtəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɛdərd/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2: compare Swedish ofjettrad. a. Not confined or restrained by fetters. Chiefly in figurative use: Unrestrained, unrestricted (as unfettered press, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] freeeOE unneedc1175 easyc1200 untiedc1374 unhemmeda1400 largec1400 unrefraineda1500 rampanta1540 unmuzzleda1541 unyoked1573 yokeless1584 licensed1593 unbound1593 wild1599 broad1604 fetterless1604 unconfined1607 ungyved1607 ungaged?1617 unboundeda1625 unfettereda1631 vagabond1635 unmanacled1686 unrestricted1750 haggard-wild1786 unconstrained1796 unshackled1796 chainless1816 rioty1819 untethered1826 unwithholdena1834 bondless1845 fancy-loose1850 constraintless1865 unpressured1879 undammed1896 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [adjective] > free from confinement freeOE deliverc1300 loose1303 unironedc1450 unbandoned1487 slack1565 unshut1610 unpinioned1621 unthronged1648 untrapped1648 unconfined1649 footloose1702 unensnareda1711 uncaged1731 unlockeda1740 unfettered1748 uncramped1797 unshackled1816 unleashed1825 foot-free1837 unhandcuffed1861 a1631 J. Donne Progresse of Soule xviii, in Poems (1633) 10 To an unfetterd soules quick nimble hast Are falling stars, and hearts thoughts, but slow pac'd. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. e2^v Now if a Muse cannot run when she is unfetter'd, 'tis a sign she has but little speed. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 219 One of my fellow-captives who was unfettered. 1787 R. Burns Let. 15 Feb. (2001) I. 96 The wild, unfetter'd wild flight of native Poesy. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. i. 368 A people accustomed from infancy to the unfettered exercise of their faculties. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar x. 117 He was left unfettered to act at his own discretion. b. Const. by. ΚΠ 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 14/1 He took a new estate, unfettered by conditions, and subject only to the quit rents. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxvii. 44 I envy not the beast that takes His license..Unfetter'd by the sense of crime. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1631
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