ungirt

[ uhn-gurt ]

/ ʌnˈgɜrt /

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adjective

having a girdle loosened or removed.

slack; relaxed; not taut or pulled together: ungirt thinking.

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Origin of ungirt

First recorded in 1250–1300, ungirt is from the Middle English word ungyrt.See un-¹, girt¹

Bareheaded and ungirt, the candidate is conducted before the dread tribunal.
Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2)|Sir Walter Scott
Alike in life and in art he hated sloth,—the slovenliness of the "ungirt loin" and of the indecisive touch.
Robert Browning|C. H. Herford
When there was work to be done she never could rest with “unlit lamp and ungirt loin.”
Mary Wollstonecraft|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Ungirt, unblest, says the proverb; but my girdle shall serve for a riding knot; and a fig for all the witches in Christendom!
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker

Pardon for the ungirt loin, for the service shirked, for all good deeds undone!
Chivalry|James Branch Cabell