unmolested









unmolested


verb (used with object)

  1. to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
  2. to make indecent sexual advances to.
  3. to assault sexually.

adjective

  1. not having been disturbed, accosted, or attacked

verb (tr)

  1. to disturb or annoy by malevolent interference
  2. to accost or attack, esp with the intention of assaulting sexually

adj.1530s, from un- (1) “not” + past participle of molest. v.late 14c., “to cause trouble, grief, or vexation,” from Old French molester “to torment, trouble, bother” (12c.) and directly from Latin molestare “to disturb, trouble, annoy,” from molestus “troublesome, annoying, unmanageable,” perhaps related to moles “mass” (see mole (n.3)) on notion of either “burden” or “barrier.” Meaning “sexually assault” first attested 1950. Related: Molested; molesting.

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