† inopinateadj.
Obsolete.
Not thought of; unlooked for; unexpected.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > surprising, unexpected
unbeweena1325
sudden1340
unhopedc1374
unwarec1374
unweenedc1374
unguessedc1400
unlooked for1531
untraisted1533
extonious1548
unlooked1548
unthought1548
unwares1548
unaspected1578
inexpecteda1586
unexpecteda1586
unwary1590
unwaited1592
unmistrusted1595
inopinate1598
unforethought1601
nap-taking1602
startling1609
expectless1613
unexpect1633
admirable1639
immergent1655
unpresumed1686
abrupt1725
unguessed1746
unanticipateda1779
unpredicted1792
unprecipitated1795
unsurmised1820
unsupposed1821
inopine1880
windfall1945
over-the-transom1952
left field1955
conversation-stopping1960
1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 395 By imagining and hatching in his wicked hart a strange and inopinate treason.
1652 F. Kirkman tr. A. Du Périer Loves Clerio & Lozia 125 If he is astonished at this inopinate novelty.
1807 tr. Three Germans I. 152 The inopinate recovery of his valued companion.
Derivatives
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