ungirt

[uhn-gurt]

un·girt

[uhn-gurt]
adjective
1.
having a girdle loosened or removed.
2.
slack; relaxed; not taut or pulled together: ungirt thinking.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English ungyrt. See un-1, girt1

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Ungirt is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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un·gird

[uhn-gurd]
verb (used with object), un·gird·ed or un·girt, un·gird·ing.
1.
to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.
2.
to loosen or remove by unfastening a belt: to ungird a sword.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English ungirden, Old English ungyrdan; see un-2, gird; cognate with German entgürten
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