unfalcated

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ falcated.

Adjective[edit]

unfalcated (not comparable)

  1. Not falcated, or hooked.
  2. Having no deductions; not curtailed or shortened.
    • a. 1746 (date written), Jonathan Swift, “On the Bill for the Clergy’s Residing on Their Livings”, in Thomas Sheridan and John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, [], new edition, volume XIX, London: [] J[oseph] Johnson, [], published 1801, →OCLC, page 178:
      I am therefore of opinion, that a real unfalcated revenue of six hundred pounds a year, is a sufficient income for a country dean in this kingdom; []

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unfalcated”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)