unventedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈvɛntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈvɛn(t)əd/ Not provided with a vent or outlet; not allowed to issue.
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the mind > emotion > [adjective] > suppressed
smothered1607
unvented1624
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > stopping up or blocking > having no openings
unholed1562
inoculated1599
unvented1624
uncrannied1627
riftless1798
solid1865
unfenestrated1884
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > furnished with means of exit > not
ventless1603
unvented1624
1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xvi. 26 I'me full, and I must speake, Or, like vnuented vessels, I must breake.
a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. B4/2 Things like our selves, as sensuall vaine unvented Bubles and breath of ayres.
1630 F. Quarles Alphabet of Elegies in Divine Poems 383 The false teare, that's forc'd, or slides by Art,..Or dares (unvented) come to composition.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. xi. 249 The company..perhaps felt the more, as they seated themselves with an expectation unvented by utterance.
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