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

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ungirt

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

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

This was not the indecision of a man weighing the responsibilities of a step which might ruin the life of another man; it was merely the futility of "the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin."

From Destiny by Buck, Charles Neville

The saddle was ungirt; we carried it into the stall where we had been drinking and ripping open one of the skirts, we there found the letter we wanted.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

It was that of a slight, innocent-looking girl in a white satin gown, "ungirt from throat to hem," and holding a sheaf of lilies in her hand.

From The Invader A Novel by Woods, Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa)

In it too were the twin sons of Antiope, daughter of Asopus, Amphion and Zethus, and Thebe still ungirt with towers was lying near, whose foundations they were just then laying in eager haste.

From The Argonautica by Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper)