Glossary entry

Finnish term or phrase:

ryvettymätön

English translation:

unsullied, untarnished

Added to glossary by Susan Ruusunen
Nov 6, 2008 18:47
15 yrs ago
Finnish term

ryvettymätön

Finnish to English Other Poetry & Literature Puolueella on ryvettyneitä ja ryvettömättömiä jäseniä.
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Nov 17, 2008 09:31: Susan Ruusunen Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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untarnished, untainted

myös esim. unsullied.
Ja vastaavasti ryvettynyt -> tainted, tarnished, jne..


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Note added at 12 mins (2008-11-06 19:00:41 GMT)
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Ja myös unblemished tulee mieleen -- esim. "an unblemished political record".
Example sentence:

"his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation"

Peer comment(s):

agree Owen Witesman : I like unsullied--beat me to the punch!
2 mins
Thanks, Owen.
agree Spencer Allman
8 hrs
Thanks, Spencer
agree Jarkko Latvala : Untainted sounds great to me as a word and brings to mind delicious connotations...
12 hrs
Thanks, Jarkko. And same here.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
4 mins

undirtied

The party has both dirtied and undirtied members.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Spencer Allman : never heard the word 'undirtied'
8 hrs
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15 mins

unbedraggled

Shakespearea..

Viola appears first, a remarkably unbedraggled shipwreck survivor, in a shapeless, sexless cloak and hood. But to enter Orsino's court she soon dons masculine clothes, as well as the saucy behavior of the typical Shakespearean youth
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