unlessoned
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unlessoned
Example Sentences
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And then, with no premeditation at all, there came strange words from her, words clothing with unlessoned ease thoughts that certainly she had never formulated for Hugo Canning.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor
And yet--was the passing social moment a proper occasion to shout and preach at the unlessoned upon the grim subject of their moral opportunities in this so complex world?
From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor
This was a man named Harkly Young, a youngish, tobacco-chewing fellow of lowly origin and unlessoned manners, who was "assistant professor" of mathematics at a salary of one thousand dollars a year.
From Queed by Crosby, Raymond Moreau
For once before, for Zeus and his Alcmena, thou wentest contrary; thou art not unlessoned in running backward.
From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
From the legacies of an unlessoned mind, a woman’s heirs-male are not cut off in the Common Law of the generations of mankind.
From The Colour of Life; and other essays on things seen and heard by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
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