unˈsullied, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
| 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 352 By my maiden honor, yet as pure As the vnsullied Lilly. 1621 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. iii. (1626) 56 The linked Deities their Graces fix! Where Roses with vnsullied Lillyes mix! 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess of Mar 18 April, That lovely bloom of complexion, unsullied by art. 1755 J. G. Cooper Tomb Shaks. 26 Here Fancy sat, (her dewy fingers cold Decking with flow'rets fresh th' unsullied sod). 1828 Lytton Pelham I. xiv, Gloves of most unsullied doeskin. 1863 M. J. Berkeley Brit. Mosses i. 3 Stems..of a clear unsullied green. |
b. In fig. use.
| 1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharon. Ded., My more youthful labours..passed the public view unsullied by the cloudy aspect of the most critic spectator. 1665 Manley Grotius' Low C. Wars 113 His Mind, that never was greedy after Wealth, and, in that respect, unsullied and upright. 1743 Francis tr. Hor., Odes iv. v. 29 Nobly conscious of unsullied Fame. 1774 W. Whitehead Plays & Poems II. 171 The pure unsullied thoughts, and sallies of our souls. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 247 In the midst of a corrupt court he had kept his personal integrity unsullied. 1879 Farrar St. Paul I. 256 The unsullied sanctity of Jehovah's Temple. |
Hence unˈsulliedness.
| 1863 Mrs. Whitney F. Gartney's Girlh. xx, Her sweet look and fair unsulliedness of attire. 1865 W. H. Gillespie Arg. Being & Attrib. God iv. ii. (1871) 142 Holiness is moral stainlessness, spotlessness, unsulliedness. |