untrammeled means not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless. It carries an Arena rating of 1939, earned across 19 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, untrammeled ranks #281 of 17,130 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #515 of 17,111 for Most Sublime Words, #950 of 17,123 for Most Malleable Words, #1,566 of 17,130 for Most Ingenious Words.
Why “untrammeled” is a great word
Not limited or restricted; free from hindrance or restraint. From un- ("not") + trammel, itself from Old French tramail ("a fishing net") through Late Latin tremaculum, with the figurative sense of a shackle or restriction. Unlike "unrestrained," which often implies a transgressive lack of control, or "unfettered," which suggests a liberation from prior bonds, "untrammeled" describes a pristine, inherent liberty—the state of never having been confined. It is the eagle's flight on a thermal, the river cutting its own course through a meadow, the mind that thinks without the netting of dogma; it is the quiet, absolute grace of a world that has never known a boundary.
Etymology
From trammel (“fishing net; shackle”), from Old French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum.
adj
- Not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.e.g.“The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.”
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