unbridled

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un·bri·dled

[uhn-brahyd-ld]
adjective
1.
not controlled or restrained: unbridled enthusiasm.
2.
not fitted with a bridle.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English unbrydled. See un-1, bridled

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Unbridled is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Example Sentences
  • Audrey will be remembered for her tireless energy and unbridled enthusiasm for life.
  • For poets, of course, the unbridled excess and commercialism of the festival is disgusting.
  • Those are the types of kids that are unbridled fanatics at anything they do.
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un·bri·dle

[uhn-brahyd-l]
verb (used with object), un·bri·dled, un·bri·dling.
1.
to remove the bridle from (a horse, mule, etc.).
2.
to free from restraint.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English unbridlen. See un-2, bridle (v.)
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unbridled (ʌnˈbraɪdəld)
 
adj
1.  with all restraints removed
2.  (of a horse, etc) wearing no bridle
 
un'bridledly
 
adv
 
un'bridledness
 
n

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unbridled
late 14c., 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
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from c.1400 in the lit. sense; c.1440 in the fig. sense.
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