单词 | unpampered |
释义 | unpamperedadj. Not pampered or overindulged. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [adjective] > simple life > not given to luxury plaina1500 unpampered1715 unluxurious1723 non-attached1937 1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 72 Brave Lucullus, in his Richest touch, Pompey's Apollo, or Ptolemy his girle..Could never say in their unpampered [printed umpampered] strain, Their Dyet was more sweet more Soveraign. 1779 W. Alexander Hist. Women I. ii. 25 The earth spontaneously yielded as much food as simple unpampered nature required. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xiv. 178 Unspoiled, unpampered in her joys or griefs. 1871 ‘M. Harland’ Common Sense in Househ. 129 Real sausage..is still sweet and pleasant to the unpampered palate. 1940 Life 1 July 7/2 American soldiers are in no shape to fight Hitler's tough, unpampered blitzkriegers. 2013 Times (Nexis) 6 May 25 There are plenty of workaday, well-behaved, unpampered television presenters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1715 |
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