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untrammeled

Adjective
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Unrestricted, unhampered, and free from limitations; describes wild imagination, free movement, or liberated spirit in verse.

Detailed Definition
This adjective means free from restraint or interference. In poetry it often suggests natural, effortless movement or spirit, as in the line where the speaker praises a figure as “untrammeled.”
Example
Example in poetry:
“As superb, untrammeled” (Whitman, “Song of Myself”); Wild horses ran untrammeled across the plain; The untrammeled voice ignores the cage of polite speech; “Trammels” are restraints or entangling devices; “Untrammeled” therefore celebrates freedom of movement and thought
Additional Notes
“untrammeled” is a less common literary adjective, and the quoted line uses it in a way many modern readers may need to look up.; Found in the poem, Nike by Bliss Carman
Also Known As
unfettered unrestricted free liberated
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