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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unlaundered 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 laundered English unlaundered From un- + laundered.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That has not been laundered.
    • Life for ordinary barons in Outremer Jerusalem was probably better than for kings in Europe, where even potentates wore unlaundered wool and lived in bare-stone draughty keeps with rough furniture. 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 269:

Synonyms

unwashed