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

What tears of burning rage shall thrill, 620 When mourns thy tribe thy battles done, Thy fall before the race was won, Thy sword ungirt ere set of sun!

From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn

The monk who balances him is in a white habit, but the figure kneeling below is in a black habit of the same pattern, ungirt, and with a cowl.

From St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music by Wyatt, E. G. P.

At that early period there could be no suspicion of bribery, and it was not for that reason that the citizens wished their candidates to come down among them ungirt and without a tunic.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey

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