ungirt

[ uhn-gurt ]

/ ʌnˈgɜrt /

adjective

having a girdle loosened or removed.

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

Nearby words

ungava, ungava bay, ungava peninsula, ungenerous, ungird, ungirt, unglamorous, unglue, unglued, ungodly, ungotten

Origin of ungirt

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

Definition for ungirt (2 of 2)

ungird

[ uhn-gurd ]

/ ʌnˈgɜrd /

verb (used with object), un·gird·ed or un·girt, un·gird·ing.

to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.

to loosen or remove by unfastening a belt: to ungird a sword.

Origin of ungird

before 900; Middle English ungirden, Old English ungyrdan; see un-², gird¹; cognate with German entgürten

Examples from the Web for ungirt

When there was work to be done she never could rest with “unlit lamp and ungirt loin.”
Mary Wollstonecraft|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Bareheaded and ungirt, the candidate is conducted before the dread tribunal.
Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2)|Sir Walter Scott
Before the gate he went to meet the messenger, who ungirt his sword and laid it from his hand.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
And St. Laurence ungirt his robe, and giving his girdle to the sacristan, bade him show it in proof of what he told.
Walks in Rome|Augustus J.C. Hare

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

Word Origin and History for ungirt

ungird

Old English ongyrde, from un- (2) "opposite of" + gird. Cf. Middle Dutch ontgorden, Old High German ingurten, German entgürten. Related: Ungirded; ungirding.