unbitten

adjective

un·​bit·​ten ˌən-ˈbi-tᵊn How to pronounce unbitten (audio)
: not bitten
I think it is safe to say that television's voracious gobbling up of the literature of the past … will leave Henry James's works uneaten, and even unbitten.James Thurber
I withstood, at first impassively, the mounted aggression of a fleet of mosquitoes. Jackson sat imperturbably, unbitten.Gini Alhadeff

Word History

First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unbitten was in 1794

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Cite this Entry

“Unbitten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbitten. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.

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