单词 | unpinched |
释义 | unpinchedadj. Not pinched (in various senses); spec. not straitened or restricted in means or circumstances. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] > liberally given unspareda1400 bounteous1542 unpinched1583 genteela1665 generous1706 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxiii. 1208/2 The man which serueth God in bearing his worde abroade faithfully shall neuer haue peace, nor goe vnpinched and vnuexed. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onvernepen,..vnpinched. 1713 Yarhell's Kitchen iii. 11 Scullions rejoic'd unpinch'd by Fairy Elf. 1765 T. Mozeen Fables in Verse II. 34 An honest, good, industrious pair, Unpinch'd by woe, unknown to fame. 1830 United Service Jrnl. Dec. 805 Though the hat might have been old and sun-burnt, yet was it unpinched. 1855 J. W. Carlyle Let. 12 Feb. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: Life in London (1884) II. xxii. 164 Habits of unpinched housekeeping. 1906 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 26 Dec. 6/1 Such criminals as are arrested prove to be persons unpinched by want and not at all driven by the spur of necessity. 2007 N. J. Ondra & S. Cohen Fallscaping i. 55/2 The individual blooms are typically smaller than those on an unpinched shoot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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