unshaven en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈʃeɪvən/
Etymology
From un- + shaven.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.
He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201:She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 2:When Handy had gone, Bert Barricue sagged in, unwashed, unshaven. He sat down stiffly.
1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 106:
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(figuratively, not-comparable) Unkempt.
The recruit's face was smooth but for a single almost imperceptible hair protruding from his chin. "Unshaven!" screamed the officer.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unshaved | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (23)
el αξύριστος (not having shaved) · de unrasiert (not having shaved) · be нябры́ты (not having shaved) · fi ajamaton (not having shaved) · bg небръснат (not having shaved) · sv orakad (not having shaved) · hu borostás (not having shaved) · nb ubarbert (not having shaved) · pl nieogolony (not having shaved) · uk небри́тий (not having shaved) · la intonsus (not having shaved) · fi sänkinen (not having shaved) · bg брадясал (not having shaved) · da ubarberet (not having shaved) · la irrasus (not having shaved) · nn ubarbert (not having shaved) · ru небри́тый (not having shaved) · be няго́лены (not having shaved) · fi ajamatta (not having shaved) · cs neoholený (not having shaved) · es desafeitado (not having shaved) · uk него́лений (not having shaved) · hu borotválatlan (not having shaved)