unlickedadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪkt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlɪkt/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and licked adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, licked adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + licked adj.

a. Not carefully or skilfully finished or formed; unpolished; crude, rough.Probably a figurative use of sense 1b, although attested slightly earlier.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature

green?a1300

rawa1398

indigest1398

unmatured?a1425

unripea1500

unseasonable1515

unbuilded1519

inchoate1534

unripened1561

uncivil1572

unmellowed1573

unmanured1577

unblown1587

ungrown1593

unpolished1594

rudimental1597

rude1600

unsalted1602

unseasoned1602

unlicked1612

embryon1613

unbakeda1616

unbloweda1616

unfledged1615

unmellow1615

sappya1627

embryous1628

unconcocteda1631

unkneaded1633

immature1635

sucking1648

vacuous1651

embryo1659

unelaborate1663

unmature1673

unformed1689

undeveloped1736

infantile1772

uncultivated1796

unelaborated1817

fetal1820

embryotic1823

embryonic1825

embryonary1833

sophomoric1837

seedling1843

rudimentary1851

unwrought1869

juvenescent1875

vealy1890

under-developed1892

1612 A. Stafford Medit. & Resol. Ep. Ded. sig. A.6^v I shall bee..disprays'd for offring to expresse the infinite honour and seruice I owe you, with so poore a present, so little a labour, as this vnlicked Work.

1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 185 Confus'd Notions, and Abortive or Unlick'd Conceptions.

1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 16 But thou in Clumsy verse, unlickt, unpointed, Hast Shamefully defi'd the Lord's Anointed.

1758 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) II. 457 I rode back..to put the society there (an unlicked mass) into some form.

1773 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 314 I saw..the appearance of unlicked Nature in all his motions.

1828 C. Lamb Char. Late Elia in Elia 2nd Ser. 225 My late friend's writings..are..a sort of unlicked, incondite things.

1865 Bradford Observer 31 Aug. 4/4 The incumbent had no doubt spent many a sleepless night in poring over unlicked Latin for inspiration about the decoration of his altar.

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Jan. 13/3 The peculiar qualities that make Propertius so interesting..very rarely appear in these unlicked..stanzas.

1992 Times (Nexis) 2 May The willingness to publish unlicked work..is part of his general dedication to poetry.

b. Of an animal: newly born; not yet licked into shape (see lick v. 4); frequently (now chiefly) figurative. Hence, of a person: naive, inexperienced; unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth.Frequently in unlicked cub, unlicked whelp.

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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > young (of beings)

littleeOE

youngOE

younglyOE

younglinga1250

little waxena1325

greena1398

imperfecta1398

primec1429

unold?1440

juvync1450

novelc1450

unaged1486

in youth's flowers?1507

unbearded1560

unweaned1581

whelpish1586

ungrown1593

under-age1594

unhatched1601

infantine1603

springalda1614

unbakeda1616

unlickeda1616

juvenile1625

lile1633

juvenal1638

bloomy1651

youngish1667

blooming1676

puerilea1680

youngerly1742

steerish1789

chota1814

white-shoe1960

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. ii. 161 Like to..an vn-lick'd Beare-whelpe, That carryes no impression like the Damme.

a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) i. i. 1 Being drawne to the writing hereof..out of a naturall affection to giue all the members to this my vnlicked whelpe.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 3 The bloudy Bear an Independent beast, Unlick'd to form, in groans her hate express'd.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iii. 35 A Country-Squire, with the Equipage of a Wife and two Daughters..But, Oh Gad! Two such unlick'd Cubs!

1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband ii. i. 21 The Son is an unlick'd Whelp, about sixteen.

1779 H. Walpole Let. 14 Oct. in Lett. to H. Mann (1844) II. 123 Your goodness will not be misplaced, as it has often been on travelling boys and their more unlicked governors.

?1795 S. T. Coleridge After Walk before Supper 30 A little ape with huge she-bear..: An unlicked mass the one—the other An antic huge.

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. vii. 95 One of the most unlicked and unlickable cubs that ever entered society.

1871 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy x You know, Polly, what an unlicked cub I was when I married you.

1899 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 7 Aug. 7/3 God..has made the heart of the British soldier, who is very often an unlicked ruffian, as soft as the heart of a little child.

1923 D. H. Lawrence in Poetry 22 28 Beasts drop their unlicked young.

1968 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 1398/5 Paris might..make fun of the southern accent, mock the gawky Auvergnat or the unlicked Lyonnais.

2002 Guardian (Nexis) 8 May 14 Those seeking fame..are society's ‘unlicked cubs’, wanting validation from others for all the wrong reasons.

2. Not licked.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > uncleaned > uncleaned in other specific manner

ungarbled1439

unbrushenc1460

unscouredc1475

unswept1597

unscrapen1599

unwiped?1602

unswilled1645

unscraped1725

unmopped1775

unshovelled1828

unfurbished1829

unscavengered1846

unscreened1851

ill-scraped1858

unlicked1861

undusted1862

unbrushed1888

unscrubbedc1900

1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 296 Poor Pussy,..a creature of backbone and ribs, coated with fur unlicked and scorched.

1895 R. W. Chambers Street Four Winds in King in Yellow i [The cat's] purple tongue travelled over every unlicked spot..[of] the saucer.

1955 Times 2 Dec. 15/5 Christmas Cards, in envelopes unlicked and unsealed.

2012 Express (Nexis) 6 Mar. 13 Sunday afternoon lay before you, tantalising and tempting as an unlicked cornet.

3. Unbeaten, undefeated. Cf. lick v. 6. Now rare.

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1910 Carriage Monthly Jan. 26/2 There is no failure save in giving up... Unless we are beaten from within we are still ‘unlicked’.

1955 Mirror (Perth, Austral.) 16 July 17/5 Unlicked in W. A. since May, 1951 the outstanding lightweight Billy Griffiths could meet his match.

1972 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 6/1 Virginia Tech's football team..beat the previously unlicked big leaguers from Southern Methodist University last Saturday.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unlicked
释义	unlickedadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪkt/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɪkt/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and licked adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, licked adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + licked adj. 1. a. Not carefully or skilfully finished or formed; unpolished; crude, rough.Probably a figurative use of sense 1b, although attested slightly earlier. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature green?a1300 rawa1398 indigest1398 unmatured?a1425 unripea1500 unseasonable1515 unbuilded1519 inchoate1534 unripened1561 uncivil1572 unmellowed1573 unmanured1577 unblown1587 ungrown1593 unpolished1594 rudimental1597 rude1600 unsalted1602 unseasoned1602 unlicked1612 embryon1613 unbakeda1616 unbloweda1616 unfledged1615 unmellow1615 sappya1627 embryous1628 unconcocteda1631 unkneaded1633 immature1635 sucking1648 vacuous1651 embryo1659 unelaborate1663 unmature1673 unformed1689 undeveloped1736 infantile1772 uncultivated1796 unelaborated1817 fetal1820 embryotic1823 embryonic1825 embryonary1833 sophomoric1837 seedling1843 rudimentary1851 unwrought1869 juvenescent1875 vealy1890 under-developed1892 1612 A. Stafford Medit. & Resol. Ep. Ded. sig. A.6^v I shall bee..disprays'd for offring to expresse the infinite honour and seruice I owe you, with so poore a present, so little a labour, as this vnlicked Work. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 185 Confus'd Notions, and Abortive or Unlick'd Conceptions. 1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 16 But thou in Clumsy verse, unlickt, unpointed, Hast Shamefully defi'd the Lord's Anointed. 1758 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) II. 457 I rode back..to put the society there (an unlicked mass) into some form. 1773 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 314 I saw..the appearance of unlicked Nature in all his motions. 1828 C. Lamb Char. Late Elia in Elia 2nd Ser. 225 My late friend's writings..are..a sort of unlicked, incondite things. 1865 Bradford Observer 31 Aug. 4/4 The incumbent had no doubt spent many a sleepless night in poring over unlicked Latin for inspiration about the decoration of his altar. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Jan. 13/3 The peculiar qualities that make Propertius so interesting..very rarely appear in these unlicked..stanzas. 1992 Times (Nexis) 2 May The willingness to publish unlicked work..is part of his general dedication to poetry. b. Of an animal: newly born; not yet licked into shape (see lick v. 4); frequently (now chiefly) figurative. Hence, of a person: naive, inexperienced; unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth.Frequently in unlicked cub, unlicked whelp. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > young (of beings) littleeOE youngOE younglyOE younglinga1250 little waxena1325 greena1398 imperfecta1398 primec1429 unold?1440 juvync1450 novelc1450 unaged1486 in youth's flowers?1507 unbearded1560 unweaned1581 whelpish1586 ungrown1593 under-age1594 unhatched1601 infantine1603 springalda1614 unbakeda1616 unlickeda1616 juvenile1625 lile1633 juvenal1638 bloomy1651 youngish1667 blooming1676 puerilea1680 youngerly1742 steerish1789 chota1814 white-shoe1960 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. ii. 161 Like to..an vn-lick'd Beare-whelpe, That carryes no impression like the Damme. View more context for this quotation a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) i. i. 1 Being drawne to the writing hereof..out of a naturall affection to giue all the members to this my vnlicked whelpe. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 3 The bloudy Bear an Independent beast, Unlick'd to form, in groans her hate express'd. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iii. 35 A Country-Squire, with the Equipage of a Wife and two Daughters..But, Oh Gad! Two such unlick'd Cubs! 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband ii. i. 21 The Son is an unlick'd Whelp, about sixteen. 1779 H. Walpole Let. 14 Oct. in Lett. to H. Mann (1844) II. 123 Your goodness will not be misplaced, as it has often been on travelling boys and their more unlicked governors. ?1795 S. T. Coleridge After Walk before Supper 30 A little ape with huge she-bear..: An unlicked mass the one—the other An antic huge. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. vii. 95 One of the most unlicked and unlickable cubs that ever entered society. 1871 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy x You know, Polly, what an unlicked cub I was when I married you. 1899 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 7 Aug. 7/3 God..has made the heart of the British soldier, who is very often an unlicked ruffian, as soft as the heart of a little child. 1923 D. H. Lawrence in Poetry 22 28 Beasts drop their unlicked young. 1968 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 1398/5 Paris might..make fun of the southern accent, mock the gawky Auvergnat or the unlicked Lyonnais. 2002 Guardian (Nexis) 8 May 14 Those seeking fame..are society's ‘unlicked cubs’, wanting validation from others for all the wrong reasons. 2. Not licked. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > uncleaned > uncleaned in other specific manner ungarbled1439 unbrushenc1460 unscouredc1475 unswept1597 unscrapen1599 unwiped?1602 unswilled1645 unscraped1725 unmopped1775 unshovelled1828 unfurbished1829 unscavengered1846 unscreened1851 ill-scraped1858 unlicked1861 undusted1862 unbrushed1888 unscrubbedc1900 1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 296 Poor Pussy,..a creature of backbone and ribs, coated with fur unlicked and scorched. 1895 R. W. Chambers Street Four Winds in King in Yellow i [The cat's] purple tongue travelled over every unlicked spot..[of] the saucer. 1955 Times 2 Dec. 15/5 Christmas Cards, in envelopes unlicked and unsealed. 2012 Express (Nexis) 6 Mar. 13 Sunday afternoon lay before you, tantalising and tempting as an unlicked cornet. 3. Unbeaten, undefeated. Cf. lick v. 6. Now rare. ΚΠ 1910 Carriage Monthly Jan. 26/2 There is no failure save in giving up... Unless we are beaten from within we are still ‘unlicked’. 1955 Mirror (Perth, Austral.) 16 July 17/5 Unlicked in W. A. since May, 1951 the outstanding lightweight Billy Griffiths could meet his match. 1972 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 6/1 Virginia Tech's football team..beat the previously unlicked big leaguers from Southern Methodist University last Saturday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1612
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