adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of unpinion form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Of a bird: not having the pinions of its wings cut off, or its wings otherwise disabled, to prevent it from flying.

   "[W]hile the vvorks of others fly like unpinioned ſvvans, I find my ovvn move as heavily as a nevv-plucked gooſe."

2. 2
   Free from restraint. also, archaic, figuratively

Synonyms

All synonyms

looseloosenunbindunboltunbuckleunchain

Example

More examples

"[W]hile the vvorks of others fly like unpinioned ſvvans, I find my ovvn move as heavily as a nevv-plucked gooſe."

Etymology

From unpinion + -ed.

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