Meanings
comparative more untraded · superlative most untraded
- obsoleteNot dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade.
to steale the first blessing of an untraded place, will perhaps secretly hasten thither, may bee beholding to mee for this caveat, if they take notice thereof.
1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC - obsoleteUnpracticed; inexperienced.
Right wel perceiued this excellẽt wyſe prince that no man beyng vntraded in philoſophie, is an apt and mete perſone to be a king.
1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Philippus Kyng of Macedonie”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, →OCLC, book II, folio 124, verso, paragraph 22 - figurativelyobsoleteNot hackneyed; uncommon, unusual.
Mock not, that I affect the untraded oath
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]
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