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unshivered en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + shivered.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not shivered or broken to pieces; intact.
    • Towards evening, by which time the ashes of the fire had been carried away on the ebb, they returned to the incombustible wreckage, to break up the iron stove and pans, and any crockery or glass unshivered by the heat[…] 1973, Brian Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald, Gypsies of Britain: An Introduction to Their History, page 98:
    • But, Marc, I will not strike my colours while my lance is yet unshivered. 1836, Godey's Magazine: Volume 12, page 252: