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unplumbed

[ uhn-pluhmd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not plumbed; not tested or measured with a plumb line.
not understood or explored in depth, as an idea, theory, feeling, or experience.

unplumbed

/ ʌnˈplʌmd /

First recorded in 1615–25; un- ¹ + plumb + -ed ³

Men knew not even whether it were round or flat; and the unplumbed sea could still estrange.

We all contain something of that perilous ingredient which belongs to the unplumbed depths.

But Cally Heth still soared, too high in the unplumbed blue to note, even now, what house was this she had destroyed.

She could only look at it with that ache of divine discontent: unplumbed, wordless longing.

You said the other day that you believed Mrs. Balfame to have unplumbed depths, or something equally popular with your sex.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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