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uncamp en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From un- (reversive prefix) + camp.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.
   • If they could but now uncamp their enemies […] 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:
2. (intransitive) To pack up, and leave a camp

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
uncamped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
uncamped	Tense=Past		lexicographic
uncamps	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
uncamping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

uncamp en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From un- (not) + camp (“effeminate”).

Meanings

1. Not camp.
   • As I write, big changes are in the offing for this long-established, uncamp, uncomplicated gay local. 2000, Edward Sullivan, Evening Standard London Pub Bar Guide 1999:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more uncamp	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most uncamp	Degree=Sup		lexicographic