UNWASHED


Meaning of UNWASHED in English

I. “+ adjective

Etymology: Middle English unwasched, from un- (I) + wasched, past participle of waschen to wash

1. : not cleaned with or as if with soap and water

a sink full of unwashed dishes

2. : belonging to or characteristic of the common herd : ignorant , plebeian

the country is intellectually unwashed — George Moore

popular support … lay in the unwashed social stratum — Time

II. noun

( -s )

: an ignorant or underprivileged group : rabble

spreading … sunshine among the unwashed as well as the nobility — C.W.Ferguson

— often used in the phrase the great unwashed

from the society woman down to numbers of the great unwashed — Sydney (Australia) Mail

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.