单词 | unornamented |
释义 | unornamentedadj. Not ornamented; without decoration, unadorned, plain. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > not untiffed?c1225 plainc1330 ungarnishedc1400 undecked1570 dudgeon?1589 stark naked?1594 unbepranked1594 unembellished1630 unadorned1637 unbecomed1646 unfringed1646 unplumed1646 unembroidered1649 unornamented1688 undecorateda1763 naked1850 unveneered1886 no-frill1933 no-frills1948 1688 J. Collier Office of Chaplain 37 'Tis more reputable..to prefer a homely, unornamented Liberty, to a splendid Servitude. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 273 Nature, in her plain Dress, and unornamented. 1798 Brit. Critic 11 31 A plain unornamented folio costs from fifteen to twenty pounds, if well written. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus III. iii. 82 The whole armour was one of those plain and unornamented suits much used in the first fervour of the crusades. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. ix. 532 So in the pulpit they affect the most unornamented simplicity. 1931 B. Marshall Father Malachy's Miracle vii. 209 The bishop..standing gaunt and gawky and looking, in his unornamented alb, like the farmer of farce in the nightgown of farce. 1968 J. D. Watson Double Helix x. 68 She spoke to an audience of about fifteen in a quick, nervous style that suited the unornamented old lecture hall. 2003 A. Proulx Close Range (new ed.) 163 An unornamented pair of saddle bronc rider's spurs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1688 |
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