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English
Etymology
From unpinion + -ed.
Adjective
unpinioned
- Of a bird: not having the pinions of its wings cut off, or its wings otherwise disabled, to prevent it from flying.
1759 November 7 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Miscellaneous”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, , new edition, number IV, London: W Lane, , published c. 1790, →OCLC, page 97:[W]hile the vvorks of others fly like unpinioned ſvvans, I find my ovvn move as heavily as a nevv-plucked gooſe.
- (archaic, also figuratively) Free from restraint.
Verb
unpinioned
- simple past and past participle of unpinion