unfluttering
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + fluttering.
Adjective
[edit]unfluttering (not comparable)
- Not fluttering.
- 1840, Peter Hamilton Myers, Ensenore:
- The wild-bird drops his merry wings,
And falls, unfluttering, on the green […]
- 1849, J. W. F. Blundell, “The Eastern Settled Districts in Australia”, in New Monthly Magazine, Volume 87:
- Yes, if we could forget the old ambition — the fabled destiny of our early and late imaginings; if we could believe in primitive life, its unfluttering thoughts, its peaceful though lowly inspiration!