Middle English Dictionary Entry

untǒuched ppl.
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1.
(a) Not handled with the hands, implements, etc.; not touched, undisturbed; of food: untasted, uneaten; of a garment: ?unworn, new; (b) untouched by something physically damaging; specif., untouched by rain, dry; untouched by fire, not burned; ~ of the fir, untouched by the flames, unscathed by the fire; (c) undamaged, not harmed; also, of a formal title, appellation, etc.: intact; (d) virginal, sexually pure; also as an epithet for the Virgin Mary; (e) unreached, unattained; (f) unmentioned.