Unpetalled
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of unpetal form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Without petals. not-comparable
- 2 Stripped of petals. not-comparable
"Ravaged and unpetalled, the rose twists its thin stem into the void. Only its thorns remain, hard and almost black, like concretions of sorrow, anger […]"
Example
More examples"Ravaged and unpetalled, the rose twists its thin stem into the void. Only its thorns remain, hard and almost black, like concretions of sorrow, anger […]"
Etymology
From un- + petalled.
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