unˈdaunted, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
† 1. Of horses: Not broken in; untamed. Obs.
| 1422 Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 168 Hit happid, that Traiane his Sonne rode an hors vndauntid. c 1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxx. 11 Thay rin lyk wyld vndantit hors, But brydillis, to and fro. |
† b. transf. Unbridled, unrestrained. Obs.
Chiefly used by Sc. writers of the 16th cent.
| 1513 Douglas æneid vi. iv. 82 The felloun Hungir with hir vndantit rage. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) I. 103 This king he wox rycht vile;..Drokkit and dull throw vndantit delyte. c 1550 Rolland Crt. Venus i. 341 Weill I knaw thy vndantid barnage Will haif ane May. 1683 D. A. Art Converse 21 Nothing [is] more destructive than an undaunted passion. |
† c. Sc. Undisciplined; disorderly. Obs.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy iii. v. (S.T.S.) I. 261 Ane cumpanye of ȝoung vndantit men. 1549 Compl. Scot. xv. 128 Rustical and inciuile, ondantit, ignorant, dullit slauis. |
† 2. Unsubdued, unconquered. Obs. rare.
| 1513 Douglas æneid iv. i. 84 Heir the vndantit folk of Numyda duell. a 1547 Surrey æneid iv. 52 Eke the vndaunted Numides compasse thee. |
3. Of persons: Not daunted or discouraged; undismayed; intrepid.
| 1587 Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 126 The tone Rossilion calde, a bold undaunted knight. 1594 Selimus D ij, They are strong vndanted enemies. 1635–56 Cowley Davideis iii. 125 Th' undaunted Prince, though thus well guarded here, Yet his stout Soul durst for his Parents fear. 1671 Clarendon Dial. Tracts (1727) 290 They are undaunted when it may be we look pale. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 113 To War they follow their undaunted King. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. (1728) 31 Where shall we find Men more undaunted,..More prodigal of Life? 1781 Cowper Table-t. 366 Undaunted still, though wearied and perplex'd. 1828 D'Israeli Chas. I, I. xii. 325 The courtly patriot was disconcerted; the undaunted Duke was facing his accuser. 1891 Farrar Darkn. & Dawn vii, If he had been a Regulus or a Fabricius he could not have been more undaunted. |
| transf. 1820 Wordsw. River Duddon iv. 9 Starts from a dizzy steep the undaunted Rill. |
b. Of courage, spirit, etc.
| 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. 806 Th' vndaunted strength of the Diuine right-hand. 1631 Gouge God's Arrows iii. Ep. Ded. p. iv/1 Joshua, a Generall of an undaunted spirit. 1663 Bp. Patrick Parab. Pilgr. xviii, I have known many Pilgrims of great courage and undaunted Resolution. 1727 Gay Fables i. x. 1 The man who with undaunted toils Sails unknown seas. 1759 Robertson Hist. Scot. iii. Wks. 1813 I. 167 The spirit of Knox, however, still remained undaunted and erect. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvii. IV. 54 With undaunted courage, with considerable talents.., he was emphatically a bad man. 1868 Milman St. Paul's 306 Norfolk's..undaunted mendacity..was unknown to Nowell. |