unbonneted
unbonneted adjective: not wearing a bonnet. Also the simple past and past participle of unbonnet.
Adjective
unbonneted (not comparable)
- Not wearing a bonnet.
- This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch,
The lion and the belly-pinched wolf
Keep their fur dry, unbonneted he runs,
And bids what will take all.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount... - The effect on entrance is very striking: a crowd, where the majority are females, with gay-coloured dresses, and their heads unbonneted, always gives the idea of festival:...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 234
- This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch,
- Circumcised.
- But I was, myself, far from being pleas'd with his having too much regarded my tender exclaims; for now, more and more fired with the object before me, as it still stood with the fiercest erection, unbonnetted, and displaying its broad vermilion head, I first gave the youth a re-encouraging kiss...1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
Also used as
unbonneted is also the simple past and past participle of unbonnet.
Origin of unbonneted
From un- + bonneted.
Questions about unbonneted
- What does unbonneted mean?
- Unbonneted means not wearing a bonnet.
- What part of speech is unbonneted?
- Unbonneted is an adjective.
Words near unbonneted in the dictionary
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