ungirt

American  

[uhn-gurt] / ʌnˈgɜrt /

adjective

1. having a girdle loosened or removed.

2. slack; relaxed; not taut or pulled together.

   ungirt thinking.

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Etymology

Origin of ungirt

First recorded in 1250–1300, ungirt is from the Middle English word ungyrt. See un- ¹, girt ¹

Example Sentences

She wore a dark, shapeless, ungirt robe covered with patches and stains.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

And St. Laurence ungirt his robe, and giving his girdle to the sacristan, bade him show it in proof of what he told.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Browning characteristically blames them for their sin of "the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin," for their vacillating purpose, their failure in attaining "their life's set end," whatever that end might be.

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur

And neither poet would have found it difficult to include the worst vices under the head of torpor or ‘the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin.’

From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil

The towns ungirt By trenches deep, laid open to the plain; Nor brazen trump, nor bended horn were seen, Helmet, nor sword; but conscious and secure, Unaw'd by arms the nations tranquil slept.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.