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unvisored

unvisored adjective: without a visor. Also the simple past and past participle of unvisor.

Adjective

unvisored (not comparable)

  1. Without a visor.
    • But the plumes of his unvisored helmet rather shadowed the noble contour of his face; and the ample folds of his mantle in part concealed the points of the cross.1826, Jane Porter, Anna Maria Porter, Tales Round a Winter Hearth
    • Two of the saints have covering for the head : one is a close fitting, unvisored cap, loosely tied with straps in front, which are evidently designed to adjust it to a proper size.1881, George Franklin Fort, The Early History and Antiquities of Freemasonry
  2. Exposed; unprotected by a visor or similar mask.
    • On their grim features, now The plain unvisored index of the soul, The true untampered witness of the heart, No smile of hope, no look of vanity Beseeching for applause, was seen ;1876, Rossiter Johnson, Keats to Morris, page 143
    • They push on under the hail of arrows to which they can make no reply, and try to save their unvisored faces by charging blindly heads down.1910, John Edward Morris, Humfrey Robertson Jordan, An introduction to the study of local history and antiquities, page 234
  3. Viewed without a visor, at full visual strength.
    • On a big, bright unvisored screen it gives the navigator an instant 'Real World' picture of the scene around him.1972, Shipbuilding and Shipping Record - Volume 120, page 25
    • The ligature dents on Larry's neck swelled red in the unvisored sun.2000, Stephen Graham Jones, The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong, →ISBN, page 224

Also used as

unvisored is also the simple past and past participle of unvisor.

Examples of unvisored in a sentence

  • The unvisored helmets of the Scots made them an easy prey to the storm of missiles, and they were driven back on to the main body.2018, T.F. Tout, The History of England from the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward III (1216-1377), →ISBN, page 276:
  • ... and these not only the crashed, spreadeagled and the near-supine that lie unvisored from the snow1972, Outposts, page 428:

Origin of unvisored

From un- + visored.

Questions about unvisored

What does unvisored mean?
Unvisored means without a visor.
How do you use unvisored in a sentence?
The unvisored helmets of the Scots made them an easy prey to the storm of missiles, and they were driven back on to the main body.
What part of speech is unvisored?
Unvisored is an adjective.

Words near unvisored in the dictionary

  1. unvisionary
  2. unvisioned
  3. unvisitable
  4. unvisited
  5. unvisor
  6. unvisored
  7. unvisoring
  8. unvisors
  9. unvisual
  10. unvisualisable
  11. unvisualizable

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