uncamp
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
uncamp (third-person singular simple present uncamps, present participle uncamping, simple past and past participle uncamped)
- (transitive) To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.
- 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:
- If they could but now uncamp their enemies […]
- (intransitive) To pack up, and leave a camp
Adjective[edit]
uncamp (comparative more uncamp, superlative most uncamp)
- Not camp.
- 2000, Edward Sullivan, Evening Standard London Pub Bar Guide 1999:
- As I write, big changes are in the offing for this long-established, uncamp, uncomplicated gay local.
References[edit]
- “uncamp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.