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undrossed

undrossed adjective: free from dross.

Adjective

undrossed (not comparable)

  1. Free from dross.
    • Youth has not yet completely gone with its beauty, grace, and strength; nor has age at all come with its decrepitudes; though the finest undrossed parts of it—its mildness and its wisdom—have gone on before, as decorous chamberlains precede the sedan of some crutched king.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Origin of undrossed

un- + dross + -ed

Questions about undrossed

What does undrossed mean?
Undrossed means free from dross.
What part of speech is undrossed?
Undrossed is an adjective.

Words near undrossed in the dictionary

  1. undroppables
  2. undropped
  3. undropping
  4. undrops
  5. undropsical
  6. undrossed
  7. undrossy
  8. undrown
  9. undrownable
  10. undrowned
  11. undrowning

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