untrammeled
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- untrammelled (chiefly British)
Etymology
[edit]From trammel (“fishing net; shackle”), from Old French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]untrammeled (comparative more untrammeled, superlative most untrammeled)
- Not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.
- 1998, Cass R. Sunstein, Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict, page 21:
- A system of untrammeled discretion exists when there are no limits on what officials may consider in reaching a decision [..]
- 2023 May 1, David Segal, “In Transylvania, Anyone With $200 Can Live Like a King. (Well, One Specific King.)”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The family thinks highly of the new king, though he wasn’t the reason they trekked all the way from England. They wanted untrammeled nature, and they found it in every direction they walked.
Translations
[edit]not limited, unrestricted, unrestrained
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