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单词 unshapely
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unshapelyadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈʃeɪpli/, U.S. /ˌənˈʃeɪpli/
(un- prefix1 1. Cf. Old Norse úskapligr (Swedish oskaplig, Norwegian uskapleg) misshapen, etc.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > not shapely or deformed
unshapelyc1200
forcrookedc1305
deform1382
froward shapena1400
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
misshape1440
deformablec1450
disformatea1492
misshapeda1500
deformate?a1505
fashionless1581
unfashionable1597
shapeless1598
ill-proportioned1602
disformed1665
untrained1871
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Ðe meshakele [is] of medeme fustane,..ðe corporeals sole, and unshapliche.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 7160 His bodi..is michel,..Fram þe nouel vpward vnschepliche.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1099 Schouelle~fotede was that schalke..With schankez unschaply.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1158 On-shaply þou art to see!
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iv. 62 Our auncient rymers..many times made their meetres..of such vnshapely wordes as would allow no conuenient Cesure.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 113 It is an vnshapely body, very loose, all glandulous.
a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) viii. 64 Things like Boats, but very unshapely, being nothing but square peeces of timber made hollow.
1752 D. Hume Ess. on Orig. Contract (1777) I. ii. xii. 471 The people being commonly very rude builders,..it is natural to imagine, that their workmanship must be a little unshapely.
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 114 An immense mass of solid rock, naked and unshapely.
1874 J. Fiske Outl. Cosmic Philos. I. i. ii. 26 An apparently-solid edifice, which fell into unshapely ruin at the first rude blast of criticism.
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