unwashed
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unwashed
Rhymes with -ɒʃt
Where it comes from
From Middle English unwasched, unwasschyd, unwessched, a weak verb conjugation of earlier Middle English unwaschen (“unwashen”), equivalent to un- + washed.
adjective
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Not having been washed.
I say that the eyass should have her meat unwashed, until she becomes a brancher—’twere the ready way to give her the frounce, to wash her meat sooner, and so knows every one who knows a gled from a falcon.
Similar: unwashen
- Vulgar, plebeian, lowbrow. Gannon is looked upon with distrust by a good many members of the Citizens’ Committee—or perhaps it is with jealousy. He remains, however, a hero to the unwashed elements.
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adj not washed
| हिन्दी | अनधोया andhoyā |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | ungewaschen |
| Ελληνικά | άνιφτος ániftos |
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title = {unwashed},
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