unmetamorphosed

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UK/ˌʌnˌmɛtəˈmɔːˌfəʊzd/US/ˌʌnˌmɛtəˈmɔɹˌfoʊzd/

adjective

Not metamorphosed.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

adjectiveunmetamorphosed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot metamorphosed.

    Oh, here comes the Colonel unmetamorphoſed ; now for another Scene of Diſſimulation.

    1725, Mary Davys, The Self-Rival, page 42
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    The bull’s head is, indeed, here half humanised, having only the horns and ears of the animal ; while in the more ancient fragment above cited both symbols are unmetamorphosed.

    1818, R. P. Knight, “An Inquiry into the Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology”, in Specimens of Ancient Sculpture, Ægyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman, volume II, London: Society of Dilettanti, published 1835, page 50

    Hence, the mean composition of the argillaceous sediments of any geological epoch, or, in other words, the proportion between the alkalies and the alumina, will depend not only upon the age of the formation, but upon the number of times which its materials have been broken up, and the periods during which they have remained unmetamorphosed and exposed to the action of infiltrating waters.

    1863 November 28, T. Sterry Hunt, “On the Chemical and Mineralogical Relations of Metamorphic Rocks”, in American Journal of Science and Arts, volume XXXVI, page 220

Origin

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APA

unmetamorphosed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmetamorphosed

MLA

“unmetamorphosed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmetamorphosed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmetamorphosed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmetamorphosed.

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