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unwashed(dictionary)

unwashed (iou)



unwashed adjective & noun. LME.
[from UN-1 + WASHED.]
A. adjective.
Not washed, not cleaned by washing. LME.
Of a person: not having washed, not usually washed or clean. L16.
Not washed off or out. E17.
b. absol. as noun pl. The lower classes; the majority, the mass, the rabble. Also the great unwashed. colloq. (freq. joc.). M19.
unwashable adjective M19.
unwashedness noun L19.
unwashen adjective (arch.) unwashed OE.