Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Ungirded.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Ungirded; loosely dressed.

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  • adjective archaic ungirded; loosely dressed

Etymologies

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Latin discinctus, past participle of discingere to ungird; dis- + cingere to gird.

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Examples

  • There had been bare-foot dancers before Isadora; there had been, I venture to say, discinct

    The Merry-Go-Round Carl Van Vechten 1922

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