unwashed

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of or associated with the great masses of people
  2. adjective not cleaned with or as if with soap and water

Etymology

From Middle English unwasched, unwasschyd, unwessched, a weak verb conjugation of earlier Middle English unwaschen (“unwashen”), equivalent to un- + washed.

In classic literature

Synonyms

common, plebeian, vulgar

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