Meanings
- not comparableNot rebuked.
But Eve might: it was "done"; even in those circles of hidebound conservatism, the society of the Faubourg St. Germain, ladies of this day smoked unrebuked.
1921, Louis Joseph Vance, Alias The Lone Wolf1 more example
At length we resolved that Truth and we were not made for each other, and, having verified the accuracy of this conclusion by uttering it unrebuked in Truth's own palace, quitted the unblest spot with all possible expedition.
1903, Richard Garnett, The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
Origin
- Middle Englishunrebukid
- Englishunrebuked
From Middle English unrebukid; equivalent to un- + rebuked.
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