untorˈmented, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus i. 1004 Troylus..wex of his wo as who seyth vntormentid But hotter weex his loue. 1648 [see untortured]. 1744 Young Nt. Th. vii. 774 Was it then..Too much for chaos to permit my mass A longer stay with essences unwrought, Unfashion'd, untormented into man? 1868 Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 393 If thou couldst forget, And live unholpen, lonely, loveless yet, But untormented. 1869 Ruskin Q. of Air iii. §145 With perfect, untormented serenity of ease. |