unstirred en · ADJ · etymology 1
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 stirred English unstirred From un- + stirred.
Meanings
- That has not been mixed by stirring.
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Not stirred or emotionally excited.
Who, in after years, could supply a mother's place to the bereaved child, in whom affection's sweetest fountain must remain for ever unstirred?
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 74:Inadventurous, unstirred by impulses of practical ambition, I was capable of sitting twenty years teaching infants the hornbook, turning silk dresses and making children's frocks.
1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unstirred | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unstirred | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |