Jump to content

uninked

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From un- +‎ inked.

Adjective

[edit]

uninked (not comparable)

  1. Not inked.
    • 1878, Various, St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878[1]:
      Girls are always trying to find something which they can make to delight their papas, and a gay little pen-wiper with fresh uninked leaves rarely comes amiss to a man who likes an orderly writing-table.
    • 1919, O. Henry, Roads of Destiny[2]:
      Of the colour of the mahogany bank furniture was Uncle Bushrod--thus dark was he externally; white as the uninked pages of the bank ledgers was his soul.