unnurtured 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 nurtured English unnurtured From un- + nurtured.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That has not been nurtured.
Dark are their brows, and wild they rove Unnurtur'd o'er their native earth, Yet deep their rugged bosoms love Their land of birth.
1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Remonstrance of the Creek Indians, page 76: