Unlectured

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a person: not instructed by lectures. not-comparable

    "Her eyes the movements of her heart declare, For what she dares to be, she dares appear; Unlectured in dissimulation's school, To smile by precept, and to blush by rule, […]"

  2. 2
    Of a subject or topic: not taught. archaic, not-comparable

    "Lorenzo, hast thou ever weigh'd a sigh, Or studied the philosophy of tears? (A science yet unlectured in our schools :) […]"

Example

More examples

"Her eyes the movements of her heart declare, For what she dares to be, she dares appear; Unlectured in dissimulation's school, To smile by precept, and to blush by rule, […]"

Etymology

From un- + lectured.

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