Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ungirded.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Ungirded; loosely dressed.
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- adjective archaic
ungirded ; loosely dressed
Etymologies
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Latin discinctus, past participle of discingere to ungird; dis- + cingere to gird.
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Examples
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There had been bare-foot dancers before Isadora; there had been, I venture to say, discinct
The Merry-Go-Round Carl Van Vechten 1922
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