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unclipped en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English unclipped, equivalent to un- + clipped.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not clipped.
   • The thick growth of the fine old trees, and the unclipped shrubs, shut out all but the small portion of shrubbery, which was like one bright and blooming spot in a wilderness. 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 91–92:
   • unclipped toenails
2. (informal, not-comparable) uncircumcised
   • […] Men who are unclipped make love better than men who've been snipped. 2005, Charlotte Boyett-Compo, Passion's Mistral, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 12:

unclipped en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From unclip + -ed.

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of unclip
   form of unclip