adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not heated in a retort. not-comparable
2. 2
   Not responded to with a retort. not-comparable

   "She is the last person in the world, from whom he will endure, unretorted, the language of reproach."

Example

More examples

"She is the last person in the world, from whom he will endure, unretorted, the language of reproach."

Etymology

From un- + retorted.

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