undelved en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English delved English undelved From un- + delved.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not delved or dug.
Why, all the undelved mines cannot buy An ounce of justice,
1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy:Welcome, ye wild plains Unbroken by the plough, undelved by hand Of patient rustic; where for lowing herds, And for the music of the bleating flocks, Alone is heard the kangaroo's sad note, Deepening in distance.
2009, Peter Pierce, The Cambridge History of Australian Literature, →ISBN, page 122:She looks worried that undelved depths of silly shit do exist, but she relents, because a tip is at stake and we profile loose with gratitude.
2000, Robert Wintner, The Modern Outlaws: A Road Saga, →ISBN, page 34: