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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unchiseled en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + chiseled.

Meanings

  1. Not chiseled.
  2. (figuratively) Not fully experienced or refined.
    • A rugged and massive genius at the outset, as his life was verging to its close and reflection usurped the place of experience, a rugged and massive genius Aeschylus remains, still unchiseled to the smoothness of a more delicate artistry. 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, pages 153-154:

Forms

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more unchiseled Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unchiseled Degree=Sup lexicographic