unrefrainedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈfreɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈfreɪnd/ Not restrained or controlled; uncurbed.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective]
freeeOE
unneedc1175
easyc1200
untiedc1374
unhemmeda1400
largec1400
unrefraineda1500
rampanta1540
unmuzzleda1541
unyoked1573
yokeless1584
licensed1593
unbound1593
wild1599
broad1604
fetterless1604
unconfined1607
ungyved1607
ungaged?1617
unboundeda1625
unfettereda1631
vagabond1635
unmanacled1686
unrestricted1750
haggard-wild1786
unconstrained1796
unshackled1796
chainless1816
rioty1819
untethered1826
unwithholdena1834
bondless1845
fancy-loose1850
constraintless1865
unpressured1879
undammed1896
balls-to-the-wall1967
balls-out1968
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 95 (MED) Licence to walowe in ther flesshely pleasures and vnrefrayned lechery.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 15v With cruell mind thair vnrefrenit In this degre. [He] Rehersit wordis Iniurious.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ontoomigh, vnbridled, or Vnrefrained.
1814 G. A. Thompson Geogr. & Hist. Dict. Amer. & W. Indies V. 160/2 A system of coercion..leads to the most unrefrained exhibition of power.
1866 E. Seguin Idiocy v. 421 A young lady with all the unrefrained caprices of a young miss.
1966 P. G. Bietenholz Hist. & Biogr. in Work of Erasmus of Rotterdam 74 As unrefrained arrogance smothered the basic truth of his message Luther sank to the level of his enemies.
2005 Victorian Rev. 31 70 The portrait of the unrefrained consumer as a ‘sinful creature’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.a1500