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unbridled

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un⋅bri⋅dled

  [uhn-brahyd-ld]
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–adjective
1. not controlled or restrained: unbridled enthusiasm.
2. not fitted with a bridle.
Origin:
1325–75; ME unbrydled. See un- 1 , bridled

un⋅bri⋅dle

  [uhn-brahyd-l]
–verb (used with object), -dled, -dling.
1. to remove the bridle from (a horse, mule, etc.).
2. to free from restraint.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME unbridlen. See un- 2 , bridle (v.)
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un·bri·dle   (ŭn-brīd'l)   
tr.v.   un·bri·dled, un·bri·dling, un·bri·dles

  1. To free from restriction or restraint.

  2. To free from a bridle.

un·bri·dled   (ŭn-brīd'ld)   
adj.  

  1. Unrestrained; uncontrolled: unbridled anger.

  2. Not wearing or being fitted with a bridle: an unbridled pony.

un·bri'dled·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

unbridled 
c.1374, originally in fig. sense of "unrestrained, ungoverned," from un- (1) "not" + bridled (see bridle). Cf. M.Du. ongebreidelt. Lit. sense of "not fitted with a bridle" (of horses) is not recorded before 1553. The verb unbridle is attested from c.1400 in the lit. sense; c.1440 in the fig. sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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