unpinioned
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unpinioned
- Of a bird: not having the pinions of its wings cut off, or its wings otherwise disabled, to prevent it from flying.
- 1759 November 7 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Miscellaneous”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, […], new edition, number IV, London: […] W[illiam] Lane, […], published c. 1790, →OCLC, page 97:
- [W]hile the vvorks of others fly like unpinioned ſvvans, I find my ovvn move as heavily as a nevv-plucked gooſe.
- (archaic, also figuratively) Free from restraint.
Verb
[edit]unpinioned
- simple past and past participle of unpinion