unhurtadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhəːt/, U.S. /ˌənˈhərt/ (un- prefix1 2b.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from harm or damage
unwoundedOE
scathelessc1175
skerea1225
unhurta1225
harmlessc1290
soundc1290
unshent1303
wella1325
quartc1330
untouchedc1400
inviolatea1420
unscathed1425
dangerlessc1440
unshendc1440
undefiledc1460
unhurted1483
hailscarta1522
undefaced1537
unpairedc1540
uncloyeda1560
undamnified1576
undemnified1576
uninjured1578
unfoiled1579
salamander-like1593
unvulnered1613
undamaged1648
invulneratea1680
sincere1700
a1225 Juliana 31 Þe worldes wealdent þat wiste sein iuhan..unhurt iþe ueat of wallinde eoli.
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 165 Sche passed unhert nyne brennynge cultres.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 25 If þine arm com vp vnhurte.
c1460 Oseney Reg. 144 And I and myne heyres that howse schall kepe vn-hurt, that hit be not..apeyred by owr vse.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1264 His shafte all-to sheuerit, the shalke was unhurt.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Indistrictus,..vnhurte: without scarre.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 9 b/2 With the shott of a gunne, the first table was vnhurte.
1616 B. Jonson Poëtaster (rev. ed.) To Rdr., in Wks. I. 349 Whilst I, at whom they shot, sit here shot-free, And as vn-hurt of enuy, as vnhit.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 397 Would you could here rest Unhurt, ungriev'd.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 85 They believ'd there [were]..no Persons of what Quality soever unconcern'd, and..unhurt in them [sc. matters of religion].
1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 8 While unhurt, divine Jordain, Thy Work and Seneca's remain.
1755 E. Young Centaur iv His happiness is of so strong a constitution, that it can stand real calamities unhurt.
1818 S. Weston La Scava 27 A statue of Venus,..the legs and arms are broke, the nose unhurt.
1894 J. D. Campbell Life Coleridge i. 12 [He] escaped unhurt from the fray.
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