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unshrubd

unshrubd is the obsolete form of unshrubbed.

Meaning of unshrubbed

Adjective

unshrubbed (not comparable)

  1. Without shrubs.
    • Hail, many-colour’d messenger, that ne'er
      Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;
      Who with thy saffron wings upon my flowers
      Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers,
      And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown
      My bosky acres and my unshrubb’d down,
      Rich scarf to my proud earth;1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
    Synonyms:
    shrubless

Questions about unshrubd

What is unshrubd the obsolete form of?
Unshrubd is the obsolete form of unshrubbed.

Words near unshrubd in the dictionary

  1. unshroud
  2. unshrouded
  3. unshrouding
  4. unshrouds
  5. unshrubbed
  6. unshrubd
  7. unshrugging
  8. unshrunk
  9. unshrunken
  10. unshucked
  11. unshuddering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unshrubd (page history and authors); unshrubbed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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