unarmed

adj
/ˌʌnˈɑɹmd/US

Etymology

From un- + armed.

  1. inherited from *h₂r̥mós
  2. inherited from *armaz
  3. inherited from *arm
  4. inherited from earm
  5. inherited from arm
  6. suffixed as armed — “arm + -ed
  7. formed as unarmed — “un- + armed

Definitions

  1. Defenceless and lacking weapons.

  2. Not having thorns, claws, or other dangerous appendages.

    • An unarmed jellyfish would never capture prey.
  3. Unaided, as of the vision without a glass.

    • […] in order to see such Objects as are very remote, purblind Persons must make Use of concave Glasses, whose Radii are equal to the Distances at which they see distinctly with their unarmed Eyes.

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