单词 | unparented |
释义 | unparentedadj.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [adjective] > deprived of status of parent unparented1650 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 38 Our Politicall Parents..are now unparented or civilly dead. 2. Deprived of or lacking a parent or parents; not nurtured, guided, or controlled by parents. Also figurative: without precedent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > having (specific) parents > having no parents orphelin?a1425 orphanc1450 orphenin1480 orbate?1520 parentless1561 unparented1668 orphaned1799 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. xii. 295 Orphan is un-parented. 1766 Medley, in Eighteen Numbers xi. 93 The guardian angel of Utopia has ever shielded it from that worst of fates, an unparented sway. 1845 Athenæum 12 July 694/3 Their unparented condition is emphasized, and the sunny heart of childhood is put into sculptural mourning. 1885 American 10 333 The unparented suggestion that each newcomer should add a stone to the growing pile. 1915 R. M. Stuart Cocoon 52 The big house where the unclaimed or unwanted were collected, unparented and unloved. 1998 Independent on Sunday 19 July ii. 5/2 They have seen well-meaning and decent teachers defied or reduced to tears by unparented classroom bullies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1650 |
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