单词 | unlanterned |
释义 | unlanternedadj. Not having a lantern or lanterns; unilluminated. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > unilluminated or unilluminating > specific unlanterneda1750 torchless1814 lampless1819 gasless1827 candleless1906 a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 223 Un-socketed, Un-lanthern'd, It had known no curtail'd shine. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 228 It has a sombre cast.., derived from the tradition of those unlanthorn'd nights. 1881 Fort Smith (Arkansas) Elevator 23 Sept. The sermon was fair, the singing good, and we felt rewarded for going out into the unlanterned darkness. 1915 O. Wister Pentecost of Calamity viii. 74 Later in that voyage we sped silent and unlanterned through the fog from two German cruisers. 2013 B. Kephart Handling Truth ii. 73 The unlanterned street with the single lit window of a hunched house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1750 |
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