unbitted
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unbitted (not comparable)
- Not fitted with a bit
- 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter XIX, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
- None but Adrian could have tamed the motley population of London, which, like a troop of unbitted steeds rushing to their pastures, had thrown aside all minor fears, through the operation of the fear paramount.
- (by extension) unbridled, uncontrolled