unglued en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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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 glued English unglued From un- + glued.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not secured with glue.
The unglued joints all fell apart in shipment, but the properly joined piece survived intact.
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(comparable, slang) Insane, upset.
There is something inherently entertaining about the self-proclaimed defender of uncomfortable speech on college campuses coming unglued when he found a sentence on the Internet that he didn't like.
2019 September 3, David Karpf, “Bret Stephens Compared Me to a Nazi Propagandist in the New York Times. It Proved My Point.”, in Esquire:He was calm at first, then suddenly he came unglued and started screaming. He completely lost it.
One was Climategate, where global warming skeptics seized on the leaked emails of atmospheric scientists and produced reams of feverish, unglued analyses.
2020 September 22, Clive Thompson, “QAnon Is Like a Game—a Most Dangerous Game”, in Wired, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unglued | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unglued | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |