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Where does “uncorseted” come from?

uncorseted (English) comes from English corseted, from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

uncorseted (English): Not dressed in a corset

Definitions

  1. Not dressed in a corset

Ancestry of “uncorseted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcorsetedsimple past tense and past participle of corset
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
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