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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unfluttering en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + fluttering.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not fluttering.
    • The wild-bird drops his merry wings, And falls, unfluttering, on the green[…] 1840, Peter Hamilton Myers, Ensenore:
    • Yes, if we could forget the old ambition — the fabled destiny of our early and late imaginings; if we could believe in primitive life, its unfluttering thoughts, its peaceful though lowly inspiration! 1849, J. W. F. Blundell, “The Eastern Settled Districts in Australia”, in New Monthly Magazine, Volume 87: