untanned 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 tanned English untanned From un- + tanned.
Meanings
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Not tanned
by nature, his manner was not unrefined, his frame slender, and appeared the more so from the broad, untanned frontlet of his brow, tangled over with a disheveled mass of raven curls, throwing a still deeper tinge upon a complexion like that of a shriveled berry.
1857, Herman Melville, chapter XXXVI, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more untanned | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most untanned | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |