Unlaving

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not washing; not bathing. archaic, not-comparable

    "The poem concluded, those who took only the cold bath began to undress; they […] withdrew into that graceful and circular building which yet exists, to shame the unlaving posterity of the south."

Example

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"The poem concluded, those who took only the cold bath began to undress; they […] withdrew into that graceful and circular building which yet exists, to shame the unlaving posterity of the south."

Etymology

From un- + laving.

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