unˈtoned, ppl. a.2
(un-1 8 + toned ppl. a.)
| 1807 J. Barlow Columb. ix. 104 But frail at first his frame, with nerves ill strung, Unform'd his footsteps, long untoned his tongue. 1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. xii. 326 A distinctly polysyllabic group of untoned languages. 1897 Daily News 12 Jan. 6/5 Its dominant black and blue, its almost strident red, its untoned white. |