ungentled

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ gentled

Adjective[edit]

ungentled (not comparable)

  1. Not gentled; not tamed or domesticated.
    • 2002, Anthony Synnott, The Body Social, page 178:
      In research on gentling rats, in 1921, Dr Hammett found that gentled rats were less likely to die, after the removal of their thyroid and parathyroid glands, than ungentled rats.