Meanings
adjectiveunchiseled (comparative more unchiseled, superlative most unchiseled)
comparative more unchiseled · superlative most unchiseled
- Not chiseled.
- figurativelyNot fully experienced or refined.
A rugged and massive genius at the outset, as his life was verging to its close and reflection usurped the place of experience, a rugged and massive genius Aeschylus remains, still unchiseled to the smoothness of a more delicate artistry.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, pages 153-154
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