untrammeled en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From trammel (“fishing net; shackle”), from Old French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum.
Meanings
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Not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.
The family thinks highly of the new king, though he wasn’t the reason they trekked all the way from England. They wanted untrammeled nature, and they found it in every direction they walked.
2023 May 1, David Segal, “In Transylvania, Anyone With $200 Can Live Like a King. (Well, One Specific King.)”, in The New York Times:She would follow, her dream of love, the dictates of her heart that told her he was her all in all, the only man in all the world for her for love was the master guide. Nothing else mattered. Come what might she would be wild, untrammelled, free.
1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Chapter 13: Nausicaa, lines 670-3, Vintage Books (Gabler Edition):The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:A system of untrammeled discretion exists when there are no limits on what officials may consider in reaching a decision [..]
1998, Cass R. Sunstein, Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict, page 21:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most untrammeled | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more untrammeled | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| untrammelled | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (9)
nl ongelimiteerd (not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained) · nl onbegrensd (not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained) · cs nespoutaný (not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained) · fi vapaa (not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained) · ru беспрепя́тственный (not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained) · nl onbeperkt (not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained) · cs neomezený (not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained) · fi rajoittamaton (not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained) · nl ongebreideld (not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained)