unpinioned

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adjective

Of a bird: not having the pinions of its wings cut off, or its wings otherwise disabled, to prevent it from flying.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Of a bird: not having the pinions of its wings cut off, or its wings otherwise disabled, to prevent it from flying.

    [W]hile the vvorks of others fly like unpinioned ſvvans, I find my ovvn move as heavily as a nevv-plucked gooſe.

    1759 November 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Miscellaneous”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, […], new edition, number IV, London: […] W[illiam] Lane, […], published c. 1790, →OCLC, page 97
  2. alsoarchaicfigurativelyFree from restraint.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unpinion

Origin

From unpinion + -ed.

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APA

unpinioned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpinioned

MLA

“unpinioned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpinioned. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpinioned,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpinioned.

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