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unglobed

unglobed adjective: not enclosed in a globe.

Adjective

unglobed (not comparable)

  1. Not enclosed in a globe.
    • I read them by the light of the unglobed gas; the clear, fine penmanship was legible as print, and when I came to the end I cursed the anecdote of the French authors.1898, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill Magazine, volume 78, page 515
    • She whipped up the cards on the floor, extinguished an unglobed candle, and ruffled open the pages of Claude's copybook.2001, Allen Kurzweil, A Case of Curiosities

Origin of unglobed

From un- + globed.

Questions about unglobed

What does unglobed mean?
Unglobed means not enclosed in a globe.
What part of speech is unglobed?
Unglobed is an adjective.

Words near unglobed in the dictionary

  1. unglistening
  2. unglittering
  3. unglitzy
  4. ungloating
  5. unglobal
  6. unglobed
  7. unglobular
  8. ungloomed
  9. ungloomy
  10. ungloried
  11. unglorified

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